Tropical Storm Gabrielle regenerated and took aim at Bermuda onTuesday while Tropical Storm Humberto strengthened on the cusp ofbecoming the season's first Atlantic hurricane, forecasterssaid.

The burst of activity came right on schedule as theAtlantic-Caribbean storm season hit its traditional peak.

Gabrielle was expected to pass near or directly overthemid-Atlantic island of Bermuda by Wednesday morning, forecastersat the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

With top winds of 40 miles per hour, it was just barely atropical storm, but could strengthen slightly on its approach toBermuda, the forecasters said.

Gabrielle was about 165 miles south of Bermuda on Tuesdaymorning and residents could see rough seas and rainfall by Tuesdayafternoon, they said. The affluent British territory has toughbuilding codes and tends to withstand tropical storms without majordamage.

Gabrielle first formed last week in the northeasternCaribbean,soaking Puerto Rico as it crossed into the Atlantic. It fizzledquickly, but regrouped during the weekend and became a tropicalstorm again on Tuesday.

On its current track, after dusting Bermuda, Gabrielle wouldcurve north toward Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, the hurricanecenter said. It was expected to remain a tropical storm until itapproached Newfoundland on Saturday.

Tropical Storm Humberto formed on Monday in the eastern Atlanticnear the African Coast and brushed by the southern Cape VerdeIslands. It was about 150 miles (240 km) west of Cape Verde onTuesday morning, headed north over open waters and posed no threatto land.

Humberto had top winds of 65 mph and was expected to crossthe 74 mph threshold to become a hurricane on Tuesday.

It is the eighth tropical storm of theAtlantic-Caribbeanhurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov.30 and historically peaks on Sept. 10. But it would be the firstthis year to reach hurricane strength.

The first hurricane of the season usually forms by Aug. 10.

Since the dawn of the satellite era in the mid-1960s, the latestdate for the first hurricane to arrive was set in 2002 whenHurricane Gustav made its debut on Sept. 11.

If Humberto reaches hurricane status after 8 a.m. EDT onWednesday, it would replace Gustav as the modern-day record holder,the forecasters in Miami said.