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- Aug 22, 2022
Hell yeah, Humberto got a recon flight:
Humberto's back down to Cat 4 status, but is still ripping it up out there in the Atlantic and maintaining 140+ mph wind speeds. The storm also appears to not only be avoiding the US, but Bermuda also looks increasingly like it'll be spared a direct hit. Funnily enough, the last storm named Humberto was also a hurricane that passed just north of Bermuda in 2019, albeit as a Cat 3:
Bermuda will still see some impacts this time around, but the storm is forecast to be passing at enough of a distance to avoid the worst of the hurricane force winds. Humberto's expected to be substantially weaker by the time it nears Bermuda anyhow.
Other than one run that predicts Imelda inexplicably slamming into New Jersey, the spaghetti models all predict her making a hard right turn and sailing out into the Atlantic behind Humberto. Unfortunately, Bermuda is in the dead middle of the current forecast cone, but Imelda currently isn't forecast to make it past Category 2. Humberto's doing a good job of sucking a lot of that potential energy out of the sea surface which should mostly prevent her from intensifying too much. The 2025 season has yet to see a meaningful landfall anywhere in the Atlantic, so hopefully that keeps up.
Humberto's back down to Cat 4 status, but is still ripping it up out there in the Atlantic and maintaining 140+ mph wind speeds. The storm also appears to not only be avoiding the US, but Bermuda also looks increasingly like it'll be spared a direct hit. Funnily enough, the last storm named Humberto was also a hurricane that passed just north of Bermuda in 2019, albeit as a Cat 3:
Bermuda will still see some impacts this time around, but the storm is forecast to be passing at enough of a distance to avoid the worst of the hurricane force winds. Humberto's expected to be substantially weaker by the time it nears Bermuda anyhow.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, 09L is now Tropical Storm Imelda, and Humberto indeed looks like he's strong enough to pull Imelda out to sea with him:
Other than one run that predicts Imelda inexplicably slamming into New Jersey, the spaghetti models all predict her making a hard right turn and sailing out into the Atlantic behind Humberto. Unfortunately, Bermuda is in the dead middle of the current forecast cone, but Imelda currently isn't forecast to make it past Category 2. Humberto's doing a good job of sucking a lot of that potential energy out of the sea surface which should mostly prevent her from intensifying too much. The 2025 season has yet to see a meaningful landfall anywhere in the Atlantic, so hopefully that keeps up.
