Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs A front that moved past Cuba overnight has strengthened Saturday into Tropical Storm Debby as it aimed its impacts at the west coast of Florida, impacts that could be hurricane-like, federal forecasters said.Since Friday, the front developed from a potential tropical cyclone to a tropical depression, and it continues to draw strength from warm, tropical water. Tropical Storm Debby was expected to continue moving north at 15mph and hug Florida’s west coast. “The center of Debby will move across the southeastern and eastern Gulf of Mexico tonight and Sunday, reaching the Florida Gulf coast late Sunday night or Monday,” the National Hurricane Center said in an update on Saturday.The storm was about 70 miles northwest of Havana, Cuba, by 5 p.m. ET, according to center. Debby is the fourth named storm of the North Atlantic hurricane season.Forecast cones from the hurricane center show the storm moving ashore roughly from Apalachee Bay to Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve. The outer portions of a tropical system, which later became Tropical Storm Debby, saturates Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Saturday. Andrew West / The News-Press via USA Today”The system is likely to be at or near hurricane strength when it reaches the Florida Gulf coast,” the center said.The named tropical storm designation means the front has sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph. Sustained hurricane-force winds are 74 mph and stronger.
