Jerry formed in the Atlantic on the morning of Oct. 7, the season's 10th named storm, the National Hurricane Center said.

Tropical Storm Jerry has formed in the Atlantic and the National Hurricane Center will begin issuing advisories at 11 a.m. on Oct. 7.

Jerry is roughly 1,000 miles east of the Windward Islands on the eastern end of the Caribbean Sea, said the National Hurricane Center .

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 .

Jerry is moving quickly west-northwestward across the central tropical Atlantic. In an early Oct. 7 forecast, the hurricane center had put the chances of storm formation at 80% over 48 hours and

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