Humberto could become the season's next Category 3-4 hurricane, but the interest area set to become Imelda could be a threat to the Bahamas and U.S. Here's what you need to know in our latest forecast update.

Humberto has become a hurricane in the Central Atlantic, but the next system expected to develop — Imelda — may become a larger threat to parts of the Southeast U.S. and Bahamas as the Atlantic hurricane season has shifted into a higher gear.

There is still significant uncertainty as to the details of how this will all shake out into next week, so please check back with us at weather.com for important updates in the days ahead as the forecast gradually becomes clearer.

Here's our latest thinking.

Hurricane Humberto

First up, Humberto became the third hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season early Friday morning.

It is centered over 400 miles northeast of the Leeward Islands. It's moving northwest and is no threat to neither the Leeward Islands nor the rest of the Caribbean.