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The Atlantic hurricane season runs each year from June 1 to Nov. 30. The most active time is late August into October, but it's possible to see a hurricane make landfall any time of the year.

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I'm meteorologist Chris Michaels in the WRALs Severe Weather Center breaking. We've got tropical depression 9. You see that around the Bahamas and just north of eastern Cuba. And then there's Hurricane Humberto. Thankfully, Humberto, as strong as it is, is not coming anywhere close to us. Let's get that forecast cone on tropical depression 9. This is from the 11:00 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center, becoming a tropical storm this. At which point it would be named Imelda. But notice as it gets closer to the South Carolina coast, it pumps the brakes and then potentially gets brought to the east. This is a recent trend that we've noticed in the past few forecast model runs, something that was first brought to you by Amy, Mike and Cat on Friday. So, Umberto and Tropical Depression 9. Tropical Depression 9 brings impacts to the Carolinas Monday through Wednes. Wednesday, mainly in the form of some heavy rain, but the newest trend is that Tropical depression 9 slows down and it buys time for Humberto to grab it and pull it east Tuesday night into Wednesday. Even with that in mind, could be looking at anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of rain through Tuesday and Wednesday, higher totals toward the coast. We'll keep tabs on the trends, let you know if anything changes any time on all WRAL platforms.

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