Hurricane Humberto to explode into major hurricane
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As the National Hurricane Center tracks Hurricane Humberto, it's watching a tropical wave likely to become Tropical Storm Imelda.
Meanwhile, the quick-moving post-Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle is churning near to the Azores, where a hurricane watch is in force for the entire Portuguese archipelago. At 0900 GMT Friday, the storm was about 145 miles (230 kilometers) east-northeast of Faial Island in the central Azores.
Humberto is expected to become a hurricane by the weekend, but a nearby tropical wave is making its path uncertain, forecasters said.
A hurricane warning was in effect for the volcanic archipelago which could experience dangerous conditions from Gabrielle as early as Thursday.
At 5 p.m. Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory for the tropical storm. Tropical Storm Humberto is in the Atlantic Ocean, 550 miles east-northeast of the Northern Leeward Islands. The system is moving to the west-northwest at 15 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph.
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