Tropical Storm Dexter is expected to strengthen in the north Atlantic Ocean while tropical storms Henriette and Ivo spin in the Pacific.

The National Hurricane Center said in an advisory on Thursday morning, Aug. 7 , Dexter was located about 425 miles south of Cape Race, Newfoundland, with maximum sustained winds near 50 mph with higher gusts.

Hurricane center forecasters said Dexter is forecast to strengthen as an extratropical low later Thursday through Friday, Aug. 8, then will begin weakening Friday night into Saturday. The storm is expected to continue moving in a northeast direction for the next few days, and there are no threats to land stemming from the storm.

Elsewhere in the Atlantic , a weak area of low pressure located a few hundred miles off the southeastern U.S. coast

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