There was some good news that was expected this morning, but it was nice to finally arrive... Tropical storm Imelda had finally turned to the northeast as of the 5am update. The models all suggested this would happen as well as the forecast. However, it was a bit unnerving until she finally changed direction. At the same time Imelda had strengthened to a high-end tropical storm. It had then been declared a hurricane by the 8AM update.

Meanwhile, hurricane Humberto has weakened over the last 24 hours. It definitely degraded on the enhanced satellite.

Today Imelda will continue on an east/northeast track. It will definitely move away from the U.S. coast. In a couple of days it could possibly hit Bermuda as a hurricane.

The system will then move over the north Atlantic and become post-trop

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