By Alex Harris, Miami Herald (TNS)

A new tropical storm, Humberto, has formed in the Atlantic, and it’s set to strengthen into a Category 2 hurricane over the next few days while following a track that keeps it out to sea.

The National Hurricane Center ’s latest forecast for Humberto shows the system on a northern curving track that steers it clear of most of the Caribbean, except potentially Bermuda, and into the open Atlantic for most of its life.

As of the 5 p.m. update, it had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. Forecasters said they expect the tropical storm to strengthen into a hurricane as soon as Sunday.

But it’s the other system in the Atlantic, the one to the west of Humberto, that’s most worth watching for Floridians. Michael Brennan, director of the National Hurricane Cent

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