Hurricane Humberto - CALL TO ACTION: Mariners should be executing avoidance plans now!

● At 500 AM AST (0900 UTC), the center of Hurricane Humberto was located near latitude 31.6 North, longitude 69.4 West, or about 275 miles west of Bermuda. ● Humberto was moving toward the north-northwest near 15 knots. A turn to the north is expected today, followed by a much faster northeast or east-northeast motion on Wednesday and Thursday. ● On the forecast track, the center of Humberto will pass west of, and then north of Bermuda today and Wednesday. ● Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 85 knots with higher gusts. Continued weakening is forecast, with Humberto expected to become a strong extra-tropical system on Wednesday. ● Swells from Humberto are likely to cause dangerous surf and life-threatening rip current conditions, affecting beaches of much of the east coast of the United States over the next several days. ● Please consult products from your local weather office, and follow the advice of local officials