MYRTLE BEACH, SC – City officials are bracing for the possible arrival of Hurricane Imelda, a developing storm with an uncertain track that could bring

Humberto is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane by Saturday and could be a Category 2 hurricane by next week. The track takes Humberto northwest skirting near Bermuda. This complicated matters when trying to forecast potential “Imelda” to the west.

Regardless of forecast details, Tropical Storm Humberto and the interest area in the Caribbean, which is likely to become Imelda, will churn up the Atlantic Ocean, bringing impacts to the Eastern Seaboard.

The coasts of North and South Carolina and Georgia should be watching Invest 94L carefully. There is growing confidence that this will bring direct or indirect impacts (wind, rain, possibly coastal flooding) to the states in some way by the beginning to middle of next week.

There are two named systems in the Atlantic at this time: Humberto and Gabrielle. These two systems are not going to be issues for North Carolina. It is the system dubbed 94L at the moment that will likely become Imelda over the weekend or early next week.

The FOX Forecast Center is tracking the potential for a developing tropical system in the Atlantic that could produce coastal impacts along the Southeast.

There is also a danger to those in its path: The Fujiwhara effect has major implications for forecasting, and could alter a storm's track unpredictably, making it harder to warn communities in its path, according to The Weather Channel. This example can be found in the 2017 track of Hurricane Hilary and Hurricane Irwin.

Will a developing tropical system affect Fayetteville? Here's what to know about the storm that would be named Imelda.