Tropical Storm Humberto Becomes Hurricane
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Humberto is now a hurricane and the National Hurricane Center warns risks of impacts to Southeastern coast from two looming storms.
Maps show East Coast threat from future storm Imelda as Humberto strengthens to Category 3 hurricane
Some uncertainty surrounds the tracks of both storms. However, Humberto is likely to recurve out to sea, avoiding landfall. But forecasters believe the other system to the west, Invest 94L, the future Imelda, could strike the East Coast near the Carolinas.
Humberto is expected to bypass the Greater Antilles before turning into the Atlantic. But interaction with another tropical system could change that.
At 5 p.m. Friday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Category 3 Hurricane Humberto is in the Atlantic Ocean, 430 miles northeast of the Northern Leeward Islands. The hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph, is moving west-northwest at 5 mph.
Spaghetti models—computer models that illustrate potential storm paths using meteorological data—suggested Invest 94L could potentially track toward the U.S. Southeast Coast.
Saturday, Sep 27 update: Latest on the Potential Tropical Cyclone from the National Hurricane Center
The National Hurricane Center's 2 a.m. Saturday advisory reported that the potential tropical cyclone is in the Atlantic Ocean, 75 miles northwest of the Eastern Tip of Cuba and 185 miles south-southeast of the Central Bahamas. The system, with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph, is moving to the west-northwest at 10 mph.
L developed into Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine, increasing chances of impact on the U.S. coast, and Hurricane Humberto grew into a major Category 3
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Hurricane Humberto formed in the Atlantic Ocean but is not currently threatening land as the former Hurricane Gabrielle passed Friday across the Azores, forecasters said.