Tropical Storm Imelda is bringing wind advisories and rip current threats to much of Florida's east coast as the system churns offshore.

At 5 a.m. Tuesday, Imelda was moving north at 7 mph and was located approximately 165 miles north of Great Abaco Island in The Bahamas.

Imelda is forecast to become a hurricane on Tuesday, with further strengthening anticipated on Wednesday, according to the NHC .

The center of the system is expected to move away from the Bahamas today and quickly approach Bermuda late on Wednesday.

Maximum sustained winds: 70 mph

Minimum central pressure: 981 mb

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 175 miles from the storm's center. Imelda will continue to strengthen over the next few days, according to the NHC.

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