Bermuda.

But with current maximum sustained winds of 35 knots and not much chance of any real intensification, forecasters predict that, if the storm does pass over the Island, she "won't bring any serious problems''.

The last update from the Bermuda Weather Service showed Katrina's current position as just moving off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula into the Gulf of Mexico.

Yesterday evening she had maximum sustained winds of 25 knots, with gusts to 35 knots, and was moving in a northwesterly direction at eight knots.

The storm's predicted track shows it curving around and moving in a northeasterly direction across the Gulf of Mexico, over central Florida and then out into the Atlantic.

Katrina's closest point of approach to Bermuda is expected to be on Wednesday at 2 p.m. when she will be 329 nautical miles to the west-south-west.

But meteorologist James Buxton explained that, due to the "erratic'' nature of this storm, it was difficult to tell where it would really go.

"The National Hurricane Centre in Miami came up with this track with their computer models but they're aren't really placing much confidence in the forecast.'' He said that, if Katrina does make her way into the Island's vicinity, it will most likely get caught up in a trough that will be coming off the eastern coast of the US in the middle of the week.

"When she does this she'll lose much of her identity as a separate system and just combine with this front and enhance it.

Mr. Buxton warned that the Island could be experiencing strong, or even gale force, winds and heavy showers by Wednesday or Thursday.

Asked if it was generally too late in the season to expect any major storms, the meteorologist said: "Well, the water temperature is cooling down now but large storms have been known to form this late in the year. An example is Hurricane Mitch, which formed around the middle of October.

He added that the BWS will be "keeping an eye'' on Katrina and that residents and visitors should take note of how the situation develops.