Hurricane Humberto likely to bring dangerous surf, rip currents to much of East Coast this week. Maps show its forecast path.

Hurricane Humberto is beginning to peter out but remains a cause for concern. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said early Tuesday that the storm, a Category 2, is “likely to cause dangerous surf and life-threatening rip current conditions affecting beaches of the northern Caribbean, Bahamas, Bermuda, and much of the east coast of the United States over the next several days.”

Humberto rapidly strengthened over the weekend, reaching Category 5 strength on Saturday before fluctuating back down to a still-powerful Category 4 on Sunday. It was down to a Category 3 storm — still considered a major hurricane — by Monday night.

The storm is one of two systems swirling over the western Atlantic. The other one, Tropical Storm Imelda, is forecast to become a hurricane Tuesday but scamper away from the southeastern U.S. and toward Bermuda.

Hurricane Humberto forecast and path

Humberto’s center was about 275 miles west of Bermuda early Tuesday. It was rushing north-northwest at about 17 mph with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, the hurricane center said.

“On the forecast track, the center of Humberto will pass west of, and then north of Bermuda today and Wednesday,” the hurricane center said. … Continued weakening is forecast, with Humberto expected to become a strong extratropical system on Wednesday.”

Humberto was the eighth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.

Forecasters also tracking Imelda

The hurricane center is also closely monitoring Tropical Storm Imelda.

A hurricane watch is in effect for Bermuda, meaning hurricane conditions are possible, due to the path forecast for Imelda, the NHC said.