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Tropical Storm Jerry formed Tuesday over tropical waters in the central Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said. It is the 10th named storm of the 2025 hurricane season.
At 11 a.m. Saturday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Tropical Storm Jerry is in the Atlantic Ocean, 435 miles north of the Northern Leeward Islands and 545 miles south of Bermuda. It is moving to the north at 16 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph.
The National Hurricane Center on Friday said Tropical Storm Jerry was dropping torrents of rain on the Caribbean’s northern Leeward Islands while Subtropical Storm Karen formed in the
Karen was a post-tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean Friday afternoon Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. Karen is the 11th named storm to form in the Atlantic in 2025.
Most Atlantic tropical systems form much farther south—in the tropical Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico or Caribbean—where warm sea surface temperatures and humid air foster cyclogenesis. The current system, however, is forming in cooler northern waters and under increasing wind shear, making tropical development rare but not impossible.
According to the National Hurricane Center's 2 a.m. Thursday advisory, Tropical Storm Jerry is in the Atlantic Ocean, 440 miles east-southeast of the Northern Leeward Islands. The system, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, is moving to the west-northwest at 18 mph.