After an unusually slow start to the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are monitoring a complex situation with high stakes for the Southeast.
As of Thursday morning, Category 1 Hurricane Gabrielle was tracking east away from the U.S. and toward the Azores, an archipelago in the mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile, two developing storm systems in the western Atlantic are showing potential to rapidly strengthen and perhaps even interact, which could bring significant impacts to the Southeast coast.
Potential interaction between Humberto and Invest 94L
Tropical Storm Humberto took shape in the central Atlantic on Wednesday and is now located several hundred miles northeast of the Leeward Islands. Though Humberto does not pose a direct threat to the U.S., th