Hurricane Jose gains some strength, still Category 1 status

Tropical Storm Jose is expected to re-strengthen to a hurricane and produce high surfs and life-threatening conditions along the US East Coast as it moves up the Atlantic.

The storm was centered about 485 miles (575 kilometers) southwest of Bermuda on Friday and had weakened to a tropical storm, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph).

Jose was moving near 9 miles per hour and gradual turn toward the north was expected over the weekend, the Hurricane Center said in its 10 p.m. advisory. "A gradual turn toward the north is expected over the next couple of days", the forecasters predict. It is at 25.2 degrees north and 66.0 degrees west. For a time, it was a unsafe Category 4 storm, with 150-mph winds. It is expected to regain hurricane strength.

The hurricane center says it is tracking two potentially troubling systems behind Jose, out over the open Atlantic Ocean. Some slightly strengthening is possible, and the depression could become a tropical storm Saturday or Sunday.