Current models show Jerry taking a path similar to other hurricanes this year, curving to the north and staying away from Florida and the U.S. East Coast. AccuWeather forecasters said Jerry could bring a glancing blow of rain and wind to the northeastern Caribbean islands later in the week.

According to the NHC’s latest Tropical Weather Outlook, issued at 2:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, the non-tropical low is already producing gale-force winds, though shower activity near its center remains limited. The system could briefly acquire subtropical or tropical characteristics before it moves into even less favorable conditions later this week.

The National Hurricane Center's 8 a.m. Wednesday advisory reported that Tropical Storm Jerry is in the Atlantic Ocean, 835 miles east-southeast of the Northern Leeward Islands. The system, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, is moving west-northwest at 23 mph.

An area of low pressure in the central tropical Atlantic Ocean is expected to form as a tropical depression within the next day, becoming Tropical Storm Jerry not long after, forecasters said Tuesday morning.

The map showed coastal North Carolina and Virginia as facing the highest risk of tropical impacts. Should the storm stall off the coast of North Carolina, DaSilva said his biggest concerns are waves, rip currents, and coastal flooding along the southeast coast up through parts of the mid-Atlantic shoreline.

Western Mexico was being lashed Monday by a hurricane bringing heavy rain, strong winds and rough surf to coastal areas and the Baja California peninsula. A tropical storm watch was issued for Baja California Sur from Cabo San Lucas to Santa Fe,

Tropical Storm Jerry will probably be blown out to sea by a separate storm near the East Coast, which could bring significant rain, wind and wave-related impacts, particularly to the coastal Carolinas and Virginia.

Hurricane Priscilla has strengthened to a Category 2 storm and could become a major hurricane Tuesday as it swirls off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said that Priscilla was about 260 miles (418 kilometers) west-southwest of Cabo Corrientes,