At 5 a.m. Thursday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Tropical Storm Humberto is in the Atlantic Ocean, 480 miles east-northeast of the Northern Leeward Islands. The system, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, is moving northwest at 10 mph.

Tropical Storm Humberto formed Wednesday, and another storm may form soon, but their potential effects remain fairly uncertain.

Steering currents could bring Invest 93L close to North Carolina over the weekend. Expected impacts include winds, rain and dangerous surf.

Tropical Storm Humberto formed several hundred miles east of the Caribbean on Wednesday afternoon, becoming the eighth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.

The National Hurricane Center's 11 p.m. Monday advisory reported that Category 4 Hurricane Gabrielle is in the Atlantic Ocean, 180 miles east-southeast of Bermuda and 2,005 miles west of the Azores. With maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, the hurricane is moving north-northeast at 12 mph.

Forecasters said Gabrielle was likely to weaken soon as it drifts farther into the cooler northern latitudes of the North Atlantic later this week.

The dance between developing storms in the Atlantic could soon evolve into one of meteorology's most unusual and rare events: The Fujiwhara effect.

Two tropical systems could churn to life this week as Atlantic hurricane season enters its final months and the hot spots to watch for storm development begin to move closer to home.