Tropical Storm Kate is strengthening as it moves away from the Bahamas, where a Tropical Storm Warning was discontinued Monday evening.

Kate has turned north and is about to get picked up by the front draped across northern Florida. A turn toward the northeast is expected by very early Tuesday morning, and Kate is no threat to the Florida coast.

Florida may get a brief window of swells along the East Coast overnight, but nothing too dramatic. Kate should dissipate by Thursday in the northern Atlantic.

The latest: Updated 7 p.m. Monday

  • Location: 27.2 N, 76.0 W
  • How far is it?
    • 175 mi. NNE of the northwestern Bahamas
    • 252 mi. E of West Palm Beach
    • 290 mi. ESE of Melbourne
  • Winds: 60 mph
  • Movement: N at 16 mph
  • Pressure: 1,005 mb / 29.68 inches