Bermuda is bracing for Hurricane Imelda with back-to-back storms impacting the island this week.

Imelda has been strengthening, now a Category 2 storm with 100 mph sustained winds.

A Hurricane Watch is up for Bermuda with impacts starting today. Imelda is about 500 miles west-southwest of the island, moving at a very fast clip of 20 mph.

Imelda is moving to the east-northeast and Bermuda is right in the middle of the forecast cone. Hurricane-force-winds will spread across the small island today, with the worst of the weather tonight.

From there, Hurricane Imelda will gradually weaken and become extratropical through the remainder of the week as it continues moving through the Atlantic.

Dangerous surf, rip current and large waves will continue to impact the East Coast into this weekend as the energy remains high in the Atlantic.

After Hurricane Humberto passed Bermuda the last few days, the remnants of the storm have merged with a front in the northern Atlantic.

There are no other areas we are currently watching in the Atlantic Basin. We’ll keep you updated!

Hurricane Imelda has been strengthening and is now a Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph sustained winds. It has started to make the turn to more to the east and the storm will continue moving away from Florida and the SE.

Bermuda is under a Hurricane Warning as the storm is moving northeast in the direction of the island. Imelda is forecast to strengthen into a Category 2 storm as it passes the island Wednesday – Thursday.

Imelda will make the closest pass that any storm has made this season with hurricane-force-winds, large waves and heavy rain starting Wednesday.

A landfall is not out of the question but impacts will be felt across Bermuda either way. Imelda’s core passing to the north would put the island on the dirty side of the storm and bring the worst of the weather.

Hurricane Humberto, a stronger storm a few hundred miles to its east, is altering the steering and tugging Imelda out to sea.

Humberto is west of Bermuda and is going to pass well north of the island with impacts limited to rough surf and marine conditions.