There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect for the storm, the NHC said.
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Invest 99, a designation given to a tropical wave being watched by the National Hurricane Center, had become much less organized between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday.
“Interests in South Florida and the Florida Keys should monitor the progress of this disturbance since it is possible that some impacts, at a minimum heavy rains and gusty winds, will occur beginning this weekend”, according to the National Hurricane Center.
At 11 a.m., Tropical Storm Lester was 530 miles southwest of Baja California with sustained winds of 70 mph.
Hurricane Gaston has reformed, gathering strength as it moves northwestward in the Atlantic.
This new system is no threat to the USA mainland, but could be a threat to Hawaii by the mid to end of next week.
The hurricane center said dry air near 91L could slow its development.
Out at sea on Saturday morning was the only named storm of the bunch, Tropical Storm Gaston.
Tropical Storm Lester off the northwest Mexican coast strengthened to hurricane status on Friday, the US National Hurricane Center said.
The Central Pacific Hurricane Center’s latest forecast track puts as-net-unnamed 14E 105 miles east of Hilo as a severe tropical storm, packing 69-mph sustained winds and 86-mph gusts and headed west. The storm is moving over an area of warm water with little wind shear, so it is expected to strengthen into a hurricane over the next three days before weakening as it approaches the Big Island. Forecasters think it could stay a hurricane for a bit longer this go-around as it moves in the open Atlantic.
It was not expected to directly affect Bermuda.
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The center of Gaston was located 655 miles east-southeast of Bermuda and was moving towards the northwest at a speed of 8 miles per hour.
