Humberto Latest Says Storm Should Be Hurricane By Sunday Evening
MIAMI, FL — Tropical Storm Humberto is expected to become a hurricane Sunday night as the storm moves well offshore along the Florida coast.
“Humberto is moving toward the north-northwest near 6 mph … and this motion with a gradual turn to the north is expected for the next day or so,” the National Hurricane Center said. “A sharp turn to the northeast is expected on Monday.”
The National Hurricane Center said that the center of Humberto should continue to move well offshore of the east coast of Florida during the next day or so and then move away from the U.S.
The storm had maximum sustained winds near 60 mph as of 11 p.m. Saturday with tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 160 miles.
A tropical storm watch was discontinued for Florida’s Jupiter Inlet to the Flagler-Volusia County Line but a tropical storm warning remained in effect for the northwestern Bahamas, excluding Andros Island.
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Humberto was located about 85 miles north of Great Abaco Island and 115 miles northeast of Freeport Grand Bahama Island as of 11 p.m. Saturday.
The system is expected to produce 1 to 3 inches of rainfall in the Bahamas with isolated storm totals of 6 inches.
“Additional strengthening is expected during the next few days, and Humberto is forecast to become a hurricane on Sunday,” the National Hurricane Center said.
Weather officials also continue to monitor two tropical systems, including a large area of showers and cloudiness over the eastern and central Gulf of Mexico.
“Some slow development of this system is possible during the next couple of days while it moves westward over the western Gulf of Mexico,” the National Hurricane Center said. “The system is forecast to move inland along the northwestern Gulf coast by late Monday or Tuesday and further development is not expected after that time.”
Weather officials were also monitoring an elongated area of disturbed weather over the central tropical Atlantic. The disturbance is disorganized and only slow development, if any, is expected during the next day or two. A tropical depression could form as the system moves slowly westward or west, northwestward.