Humberto becomes a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean while Gabrielle threatens the Azores

The American National Hurricane Center says that Hurricane Humberto has formed in the Atlantic, but is currently not threatening a country.

Humberto is approximately 465 miles (750 kilometers) northeast of the Northern Leeward Islands and slowly moves to the northwest. It is expected that it will considerably strengthen at the weekend to become an important hurricane.

In the meantime, the fast -moving tropical storm Gabrielle comes close to the Azores, where a hurricane watch is in force for the entire Portuguese archipelago. At 0900 GMT Friday the storm was around 145 miles (230 kilometers) east of the northeast of Faial Island in the Central Azores.

Maximum persistent winds are almost 65 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) with higher guests. The storm must be gradually weakened on Saturday. Tropical Storm Force Winden extends to 160 miles (260 kilometers). One observatory reported persistent winds of 78 MPH, which would be hurricane level.

The National Hurricane Center declared Gabrielle post-tropical, a characterization that simply means that the system is missing typical ‘tropical characteristics’. But the threat of heavy weather effects still remained until Friday.

Gabrielle moves east-northeast with 29 miles per hour (46 kilometers per hour). It is expected that it will leave the Azores in the coming hours and approach the mainland of Portugal on Sunday.

Elsewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Narda knows as a storm of category 1, but can reclaim the power later in the day to category 2. Narda does not threaten a country and is expected to lose strength in the coming days.