The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday forecast Tropical Storm Jerry to grow into a hurricane, but only after it swings past the Caribbean turning north into the Atlantic and avoiding a

The chances that the Atlantic's 10th named storm, Jerry, could form over the next few days increased again slightly on Tuesday morning.

The 10th named storm of the hurricane season has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, and it's likely to become Hurricane Jerry by Thursday.

According to the National Hurricane Center's 2 a.m. Thursday advisory, Tropical Storm Jerry is in the Atlantic Ocean, 560 miles east-southeast of the Northern Leeward Islands. Packing maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, it is tracking to the west-northwest at 21 mph.

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,

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,