Tropical Depression Nine impacts expected along South Carolina coast Monday, Tuesday
UPDATE ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER NINE SET TO MOVE TOWARD THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS THE ONE WE’VE HAD OUR EYES ON FOR SO LONG. THE BRAND NEW TRACK. EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE CURVING AWAY FROM THE UNITED STATES EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED THAN THE LAST TRACK AND A LITTLE BIT FARTHER SOUTH. I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED IF THE NEW ONE THAT WE GET OUT LATER TONIGHT MAY EVEN TURN JUST A LITTLE BIT SOONER. I’D LIKE TO SEE IT CURVE DOWN HERE NEAR JACKSONVILLE. THAT’S WHAT A LOT OF THE ENSEMBLES ARE SHOWING. BUT NONETHELESS, THIS WILL BE A HURRICANE GETTING UP TO CLOSE TO THE CAROLINA COAST AND THEN GOING OUT. NOW HOW CLOSE IT GETS WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH RAIN THE COAST GETS. HOWEVER, IT’S GOING TO BE THE WEAKER WEST SIDE. SOME RAIN, SOME FLOODING, BUT CERTAINLY NOT THE SITUATION WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS TIME YESTERDAY. LOOK AT THIS. HUMBERTO RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED. IT IS NOW A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE THAT’S AS BIG AS IT GETS, FOLKS. 160 MILE PER HOUR WINDS. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE HUMBERTO IS SO STRONG IN THE REACH AND STRENGTH OF HUMBERTO BEGINS TO REACH OUT AND GRAB AND PULL IMELDA WITH IT AWAY FROM THE UNITED STATES. BECAUSE IT’S SO STRONG RIGHT HERE, IT’S KIND OF PUMPING THE BRAKES ON IMELDA AND KEEPING IT WEAK AS WELL. SO ALL IN ALL, THAT’S A GOOD THING. TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER NINE. THE NEW SPAGHETTI MODELS ARE OUT SHOWING THEM GOING OFF TOWARD CHANCE OF SHOWERS, MAINLY AFTER 3AM. PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 66. NORTHEAST WIND AROUND 10 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 20 MPH. MONDAY: TRACKING THE TROPICS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS, WITH THUNDERSTORMS ALSO POSSIBLE AFTER 2PM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 76. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 40%. MONDAY NIGHT: A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 65. TUESDAY: TRACKING THE TROPICS. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 74. TUESDAY NIGHT: TRACKING THE TROPICS. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 63. WEDNESDAY: PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 73. WEDNESDAY NIGHT: MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND
Tropical Depression Nine impacts expected along South Carolina coast Monday, Tuesday
Updated: 5:31 PM EDT Sep 27, 2025
Tropical Depression Nine, which will become Imelda, will bring heavy rain and high wind along the South Carolina Coast next week. Humberto rapidly grew in strength to a Category 5 storm on Saturday, which is helping pull the tropical depression back out to sea. The storm is still expected to become a hurricane. Video below: South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster talks about storm prepsCoastal impacts: (Monday-Tuesday)Coastal areas will see large swells and strong rip currents, which will be the greatest impacts currently. With the storm moving away from the coast, winds look to be 30-45+ mph and heavy rain. Models vary on coastal rain totals from 3 to 5″+. GPS shows no rain the Carolinas from tropics and EURO shows 3-5″ along immediate coast. Upstate impacts: (Monday-Tuesday)Locally, the winds look much weaker. We could feel gusts 20-30 mph. The rain we may get during this time isn’t directly related to the tropical system. This can change, but we are keeping a close eye on it.
Tropical Depression Nine, which will become Imelda, will bring heavy rain and high wind along the South Carolina Coast next week.
Humberto rapidly grew in strength to a Category 5 storm on Saturday, which is helping pull the tropical depression back out to sea.
The storm is still expected to become a hurricane.
Video below: South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster talks about storm preps
Coastal impacts: (Monday-Tuesday)
Coastal areas will see large swells and strong rip currents, which will be the greatest impacts currently. With the storm moving away from the coast, winds look to be 30-45+ mph and heavy rain. Models vary on coastal rain totals from 3 to 5″+. GPS shows no rain the Carolinas from tropics and EURO shows 3-5″ along immediate coast.
Upstate impacts: (Monday-Tuesday)
Locally, the winds look much weaker. We could feel gusts 20-30 mph. The rain we may get during this time isn’t directly related to the tropical system.
This can change, but we are keeping a close eye on it.
