Track Humberto, Imelda threat with path forecast, spaghetti models

As Hurricane Humberto moves across the Atlantic Ocean toward Bermuda this weekend, another burgeoning tropical system in the Caribbean – expected to become Hurricane Imelda – is poised to threaten the Southeastern U.S. coast early next week.

While Humberto is not a major threat to the U.S., swells created by the hurricane could bring life-threatening surf and rip current conditions to Bermuda, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the northern Leeward Islands Saturday night and create swells affecting the east coast of the U.S. beginning Monday, Sept. 29, the National Hurricane Center said Saturday, Sept. 27.

The other system, currently called Tropical Depression Nine, is expected to develop into Tropical Storm Imelda, perhaps as early as Saturday, and gradually strengthen into a hur