A storm system the National Hurricane Center said in its 5:00 a.m. advisory has an 80 percent chance of development within five days and 50 percent within 48 hours, is currently projected to track north of the Caribbean islands.
According to N.H.C., showers and thunderstorms have increased overnight in association with the system, currently an area of low pressure, over the central tropical Atlantic. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for gradual development, and a tropical depression is likely to form within the next two to three days while the system moves slowly west-northwestward to northwestward.
Hurricane Humberto
The National Hurricane Center said in its 5:00 a.m. advisory that the center of Hurricane Humberto was located near latitude 29.7 North, longitude 77.3 West, and the storm is currently moving toward the northeast near 5 mph (7 km/h). A turn toward the east-northeast is expected later today. An east-northeastward motion with a gradual increase in forward speed is expected tonight through early Thursday.
‘On the forecast track, the center of Humberto is forecast to approach Bermuda late Wednesday or Wednesday night. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 85 mph (140 km/h) with higher gusts. Additional strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 30 miles (45 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 150 miles (240 km).
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