Tropical Storm Humberto: Likely hurricane takes a turn away from South Carolina

Eric Connor
The Greenville News

The tropical storm brewing off the southeastern U.S. coast that experts say likely will become Hurricane Humberto has taken a turn for the better for South Carolina a week after Hurricane Dorian menaced the coast. 

The National Hurricane Center's latest update at 11 a.m. Saturday predicts that Tropical Storm Humberto will make its way north along the Florida coast but ultimately make a sharp turn out to sea as it approaches the Georgia coast.

The storm, however, is expected to bring heavy rain and tropical-stormforce winds this weekend to the place that least needs it — the Bahamas.

What to expect from Humberto

Previous advisories showed a potential track similar to Dorian, which skirted up the Florida coast before making an eastward turn as it approached the Charleston area.

The track is still subject to alter as tropical systems typically do, but there is strong belief that Humberto will head out to sea and have virtually no impact on South Carolina.

The forecast track for Tropical Storm Humberto as of Sept. 14, 2019.

By Tuesday, it likely will be a hurricane but it will be well off the coast and the only threat would be to Bermuda.

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Dorian devastated the Bahamas and took an uncertain course last week that impacted the Lowcountry and Grand Strand in a way different than forecasters predicted. While there was flooding in well-known places in Charleston and the Grand Strand, the storm didn't couple with high tides to produce massive storm surge, though winds — measured at hurricane force in areas of Charleston and along the South Carolina coast — caused enough damage to leave more than 200,000 customers temporarily without power in the Lowcountry.

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