Hurricane Gert intensifies well offshore; now there's 3 other systems in Atlantic | Videos

Hurricane Gert has picked up strength and speed as it continues its path northeast away from the mainland, according to the 11 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center.

Maximum sustained winds were 85 mph, and it's moving to the northeast at 15 mph.

The storm might pick up strength during the next day or so, and it should start weakening by Thursday, with the cyclone becoming an extratropical low by Thursday night.

Gert is about 360 miles west-northwest of Bermuda.

Swells from Gert will impact Bermuda and the east coast from North Carolina north to Long Island over the next couple of days.

The next complete advisory will be issued at 5 a.m.

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Also in the Atlantic

The National Hurricane Center is now monitoring three other systems farther east in the Atlantic.

An elongated area of low pressure located more than a thousand miles east of the Lesser Antilles is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms.

This system is expected to move west at 15 to 20 mph across the tropical Atlantic Ocean, crossing into the Caribbean Sea on Friday.

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Environmental conditions appear somewhat supportive of tropical cyclone formation over the next few days but should become less favorable once the system moves into the Caribbean.

Formation chance through 48 hours: 20 percent.

Formation chance through 5 days: 40 percent.

A second area of low pressure, associated with a tropical wave, also is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms a few hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.

Environmental conditions could be favorable for some slow development of this system over the next few days while it moves west to west-northwest at 15 to 20 mph. Upper-level winds are likely to become less favorable for development by the weekend.

Formation chance through 48 hours: 30 percent.

Formation chance through 5 days: 40 percent.

A tropical wave over western Africa is forecast to emerge over the far eastern Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday.

Conditions appear favorable for some development after that time while the wave moves west to west-northwest at about 15 mph.

Formation chance through 48 hours: near 0 percent.

Formation chance through 5 days: 20 percent.

In the Pacific

The number of disturbances in the Pacific being tracked by the National Hurricane Center fell from three to just one Tuesday night.

An elongated area of disturbed weather is several hundred miles south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula.

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Showers and thunderstorms remain disorganized, and development, if any, should be slow to occur while the system moves slowly west.

Formation chance through 48 hours: near 0 percent.

Formation chance through 5 days: 10 percent.

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