The NHC says environmental conditions are favorable for a tropical depression or tropical storm to form within the next day or so and gives this system a high chance of development as it crawls toward the northwestern Bahamas.
It will earn the name Humberto if it does attain tropical storm status.
Projected Path
(The red-shaded area denotes the potential path of the center of the system. It's important to note that impacts – heavy rain, high surf, coastal flooding and winds – with any tropical cyclone usually spread beyond its forecast path.)
Tropical-storm-force winds are forecast to arrive in the tropical storm warning area in the northwestern Bahamas by late Friday, according to the NHC.
It will earn the name Humberto if it does attain tropical storm status.
Projected Path
(The red-shaded area denotes the potential path of the center of the system. It's important to note that impacts – heavy rain, high surf, coastal flooding and winds – with any tropical cyclone usually spread beyond its forecast path.)
Tropical-storm-force winds are forecast to arrive in the tropical storm warning area in the northwestern Bahamas by late Friday, according to the NHC.
