Tropical Storm Imelda was located by Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft near latitude 27.2 North, longitude 77.3 West.

Imelda is moving north near 9 mph and a general northward motion is expected to continue today.

On Tuesday, Imelda is expected to turn sharply to the east-northeast. On the forecast track, the center of the system is expected to start moving away from the northwestern Bahamas this afternoon and then turn east-northeastward, moving away from the southeastern U.S., but approach the island of Bermuda by the middle part of this week.

Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph with higher gusts. Additional strengthening is forecasted over the next several days, and Imelda is forecast to become a hurricane on Tuesday. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 175 mi

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