The chances that Florida will feel rain, surf and winds from a tropical system next week continues to rise. Category 1 Hurricane Humberto is on track to steer clear of the U.S. coast. But the tropical wave under watch all week is on the cusp on developing into a tropical depression or storm — potentially as soon as Friday evening.

If Humberto becomes a major hurricane as expected, it will be the first time since 1935 when a season's first three storms were Category 3 or higher.

It appears “future” Imelda is on track to remain east of South Florida this weekend. The forecast path shows the system moving northwestward over the Bahamas, Saturday into Sunday, bringing heavy rain and tropical storm conditions (winds around 40 to 50 mph).

The first cone for what will become Imelda is out and includes parts of NE Florida. The National Hurricane Center has called the disturbance near the east tip of Cuba a Potential Cyclone. This means it is likely that this will become a tropical storm and a possible hurricane in time.

Chances of wind, rainfall, and storm surge impacts for a portion of the southeast U.S. coast during the next several days are increasing.

Tropical storm alerts have been posted and at least one state has declared a pre-emptive state of emergency as a looming storm system is on its way to becoming future Hurricane Imelda, bringing the potential threat of heavy rain and strong winds to parts of the Southeast.

A tropical storm is forecast to scrape by Florida’s East coast over the weekend before potentially making landfall in the Carolinas as a Category 1 hurricane as soon as Monday.

In a confusing Central Atlantic, two developing tropical systems couod become the next two named storms of the 2025 hurricane season.