Tropical Storm Humberto could merge with another developing storm causing a Fujiwhara effect
Tropical Storm Humberto is ‘gaining strength’ and expected to become hurricane
- Tropical Storm Humberto is strengthening and is expected to become a hurricane in the central Atlantic, likely staying west of Bermuda.
- Another tropical storm, potentially named Imelda, is forecast to develop from thunderstorms in the northern Caribbean near the Bahamas this weekend.
- Meteorologists are monitoring the possibility of Humberto and the developing storm interacting via the Fujiwhara effect, where two storms orbit a common center.
- Scenarios for this interaction range from Humberto pulling a weaker storm out to sea to a stronger developing storm threatening the Southeast US.
- Despite the potential for interaction, experts suggest a full “dance” or merger is less probable due to the developing storm's apparent weaker strength and distance from Humberto.