A disturbance in the Atlantic has formed, becoming Tropical Storm Humberto, the eighth named storm to form in the Atlantic.

According to an early morning advisory on Thursday, Sept. 25 by the National Hurricane Center, the storm is spinning in the central Atlantic and moving northwest at nearly 10 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph.

The storm is set to intensify significantly over the next two to three days as it moves over warm waters.

Tropical Storm Humberto is expected to reach hurricane strength over the weekend and become a significant hurricane during the week of Sept. 28, according to the NHC.

As of early Thursday morning, Tropical Storm Humberto was located in the central Atlantic, northeast of Puerto Rico and several hundred miles east-northeast of the northern L

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