Hurricane Humberto is forecast to become a major hurricane this weekend and a second system — likely to become Imelda — is a possible threat to the U.S. coast, especially the Carolinas.

A complicated forecast scenario continues to unfold Friday near the Bahamas as Hurricane Humberto intensifies and a system that is expected to become Imelda develops, strengthens and moves east of the Florida coast.

Hurricane Humberto became the third hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean for the 2025 season Friday morning, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. It could soon be joined by Tropical Storm Imelda in the southwestern Atlantic, which was a tropical wave Friday morning.

Article first published: Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, 5 a.m. ET

Storm Humberto has reached hurricane strength as it churns across the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola.

Humberto strengthened into a hurricane Friday morning and could reach major hurricane status by the weekend, the National Hurricane Center said.

Humberto is about 465 miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands and is moving slowly toward the northwest. It is expected to strengthen substantially over the weekend to become a major hurricane, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Humberto does not currently pose a direct threat to New England, with the storm being too far out for the National Hurricane Center to be predicting New England impacts. Additionally, no spaghetti models predict as of Friday morning that it will impact the region.