Updated on Sept. 27, 2025 at 10 a.m.: ;
The National Hurricane Center has designated the disturbance we've been following as Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine. The name just means that tropical storm watches and warnings have been issued for land areas based on the forecast of the system organizing and intensifying.
In this case, The Bahamas Department of Meteorology has posted Tropical Storm Warnings for the Central and Northwestern Bahamas, including Nassau, the Abacos and Grand Bahama Island. This is in anticipation of the disturbance becoming Tropical Storm Imelda while it's in the vicinity of the islands later today and tomorrow.
There is high confidence that Imelda will move north offshore of the Florida east coast. The Miami/Fort Lauderdale/West Palm Beach metropolitan area could s