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NHC: Tropical Storm Grace forecast to become hurricane Wednesday

The storm's track has shifted away from the Sunshine State.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Right on the heels of Fred, another named storm formed in the Atlantic over the weekend. 

Tropical Storm Grace, which has fluctuated in strength since forming, is bringing heavy rainfall to Jamaica.

According to the 11 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Grace currently has maximum sustained winds of 60 mph and is moving west at 14 mph. The storm is about 60 miles west of Negril, Jamaica.

The NHC says the system is expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Wednesday, with additional strengthening possible prior to the center of the storm reaching the Yucatan Peninsula.

On its forecast track, Grace is expected to move near or over the Cayman Islands overnight before approaching the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico late Wednesday or early Thursday. 

Tropical Storm Grace's forecast track no longer includes Florida in its cone of uncertainty.

There is a tropical storm watch in effect for several provinces along Cuba's southern coast. A hurricane watch is in effect for the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico from Cabo Catoche to Punta Allen.

There is a hurricane watch in effect for:

  • Cayman Islands

There is a tropical storm warning in effect for: 

  • Jamaica
  • Cayman Islands
  • The southern coast of the Cuban provinces of Santiago de Cuba, Granma, Las Tunas, and Camaguey 

Tropical Storm Grace isn't the only system we're currently tracking in the Atlantic. Tropical Depression Eight strengthened into Tropical Storm Henri Monday near Bermuda. The NHC forecast has the storm posing no threat to the U.S.

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