The forecasts said Erin became stronger in a storm on Friday as the storm continued on a route over the Atlantic Ocean. This is the first storm to develop in Atlantic this year, and was expected to continue to gain power, possibly growing in a major storm.
The US National Hurricane Center in Miami is urged people to monitor Arin’s progress in Caribbean Islands along with forecasters, warnings of heavy rains and dangerous surf for life and Rip tide conditions.
Hurricane Erin is currently not predicted to affect the United States, but meteorologists continue to watch it closely.
Till Friday afternoon, Erin was a few 415 miles east of the North Level Islands and was going towards west-north-west at a speed of 17 mph with a maximum continuous winds of 75 miles per hour. type 1 hurricane.
Maps show the forecast path of Hurricane Erin
The forecasts on Saturday expected to curve the north of Erin, with the possibility of a storm near the northern foot. The Northern Lewards extends from the Virgin Islands to Guadeloop and includes St. Martin, St. Barts, and other islands. Authorities have released tropical storm watches for several islands, warning people with the possibility of winds between 39 mph and 73 mph.
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A “spagheti map” of the forecast model reflects the storm towards the north, tampering the islands and the US East Coast has a well -offshore remaining.
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Meteorologist Jessica Burch of CBS News Bay Area said that a high pressure system in Atlantic was expected to move away from the Eastern Seboard, while a cold front was also forecasted to carry forward the storm.
Erin is estimated to be strong, it is likely to develop in a major storm, which means that at least one category with maximum continuous winds of 3 111 mph or more. The storm can potentially reach the strength of category 4, at a speed of at least 130 mph at the beginning of next week.
First storm of Atlantic season
Island Formed as a tropical storm A few hundred miles away from the west coast of Africa, the island nation of Kbo Varde on Monday. It is fifth Nominated storm The 2025 Atlantic storm season, which began in June and lasts until November.
So far this year, the tropical storm Chantal is the only one who has made a landfall in America, Malignant flood For northern Carolina in early July. In June, Barry made a landfall as a tropical depression on the east coast of Mexico.
Erin’s increased strength comes when the Atlantic storm season reaches its peak in September. According to the storm center, most of the season’s activity is usually between mid-August and mid-October. In the eastern Pacific Ocean, the storm season begins on May 15, which usually occurs with a peak in the activity seen in late August.
US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, Forecast A Above weather For Atlantic this year, there is expected between 13 and 18 storms.
Tropical storms have maximum continuous winds of at least 39 mph. An forecasts with NOAA can become an estimated storm between five and nine storms of this year, with winds at a speed of at least 74 mph. Are storms A scale rated Depending on their wind speed, from class 1 to the weakest, from category 5, the most serious rating.
At least 111 mph winds with winds are considered to be the major storm and are given the category 3 and above status. NOAA forecasts predicted that the Atlantic could occur between two and five major storms in this season.
