BWS: Hurricane Humberto Is A ‘Potential Threat’
Hurricane Humberto is “a potential threat to Bermuda”, the Bermuda Weather Service said, with its nearest forecasted point to Bermuda currently predicted to be 359 nm to the south at 6am on Monday [Sept 29] with the BWS noting that “this forecast is subject to change with the next update.”
Graphic courtesy of the BWS:
The latest forecast from the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, “At 500 AM AST [0900 UTC], the eye of Hurricane Humberto was located near latitude 22.2 North, longitude 57.3 West. Humberto is moving toward the northwest near 3 mph [6 km/h]. A slow west-northwest to northwest motion is expected during the next couple of days.
Graphic courtesy of the NHC:
“Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 75 mph [120 km/h] with higher gusts. Significant strengthening is forecast, and Humberto is expected to become a major hurricane this weekend.
“Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 10 miles [20 km] from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles [165 km]. The estimated minimum central pressure is 990 mb [29.24 inches].”
