Hurricane watch issued for parts of Mexico

MIAMI?? The government of Mexico issued a hurricane watch Friday that stretches from Tampico to Veracruz as Tropical Storm Nate meandered in the Bay of Campeche.

The latest storm to burst onto the scene was drifting slowly northwestward over the southern Gulf Friday with maximum sustained winds of near 65 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. It was centered about 140 miles west of Campeche. Forecasters said it was expected to become a hurricane later Friday or Saturday and hit Mexico's Gulf Coast Sunday or Monday.

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"Unfortunately, all the models are moving it off to the west into Mexico, not even bringing any humidity into southeast Texas. It looks like it's moving in to Mexico by Monday," KPRC Local 2 meteorologist Anthony Yanez told KPRC in Houston.

Swirling in the Atlantic
Tropical Storm Maria, meanwhile, could reach the Lesser Antilles in the Atlantic by Friday night, and rain from what had been Tropical Storm Lee continued inundating a wide portion of Pennsylvania and other northeastern states, leaving at least seven dead.

Maria's maximum sustained winds early Friday were near 45 mph, with some slight strengthening possible, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami and it was moving toward the west-northwest at nearly 17 mph.

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A tropical storm warning was in effect for a host of islands: Antigua, Anguilla, Barbuda, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, the British Virgin Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, St. Maartin, Saba and St. Eustatius.

A tropical storm watch was in effect for St. Barthelemy, St. Marteen, Martinique, Dominica, and Puerto Rico including Vieques and Culebra.

On its current forecast track, Maria's center would reach the Leeward Islands early Saturday and be near the Virgin Islands by Saturday night, the hurricane center said.

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Also, Hurricane Katia was moving northeast away from the U.S. east coast as a Category 1 storm with sustained winds of 85 mph.

Katia was centered midway between Bermuda and Nova Scotia and was moving northeast at nearly 29 mph. The long-term forecast indicated it could reach Scotland as a storm on Monday.

The Associated Press and Tampa Bay Online contributed to this report.

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