First Atlantic hurricane gathers powerThe first hurricane of the Atlantic season gathered power Monday and US experts warned it could become a major storm. Tropical Storm tropical storm n. A cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 kilometers (30 to 75 miles) per hour. tropical storm Bill was reclassed as a hurricane early Monday but remains far from land. "Bill (is) now a hurricane, the first of the 2009 Atlantic season," the Miami-based National Hurricane Center The U.S. National Hurricane Center, located at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, is the division of National Weather Service's Tropical Prediction Center responsible for tracking and predicting the likely behavior of tropical depressions, tropical storms and announced in an advisory. At 0900 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) See UTC. GMT - Universal Time 1 , Bill was 1,160 miles (1,870 kilometers) east of the Lesser Antilles Lesser Antilles: see West Indies. , according to the hurricane center. The new hurricane was moving northwest at 22 miles (35 km) an hour, packing sustained winds of 75 miles (120km) an hour, the center said. Bill was expected to continue in this general direction for one or two days. "Strengthening is forecast during the next day or two," the advisory said. "And Bill could become a major hurricane by Wednesday." 
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