Tropical Storm Jerry is looming in the Atlantic Ocean.

The National Hurricane Center said in an advisory on Oct. 7 it expects a new tropical depression to form in the Atlantic "over the next day or so." If it develops into the Atlantic hurricane season's 10th named storm, it would be named Jerry.

The low pressure area forecasters are tracking was located a little more than 1,000 miles east of the Windward Islands, the hurricane center said in the advisory, with showers and thunderstorms gradually becoming better organized.

Environmental conditions appear favorable for storm development, the hurricane center said. So far this season, the Atlantic Ocean's hurricane basin has produced four hurricanes and five tropical storms.

The area of disturbed weather likely to become Jerry is mo

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