Hurricane Erin tracker: Latest path, maps for 1st hurricane of Atlantic season

Erin has turn into the primary hurricane of the Atlantic season, with a number of areas already on alert for heavy rain whereas robust waves and rip currents are attainable alongside the East Coast of the US as early as subsequent week.

As of Saturday evening, Hurricane Erin had weakened right into a Class 4 storm with most sustained winds of 140 mph, the Nationwide Hurricane Heart stated. Fluctuations within the storm’s depth are anticipated over the subsequent 24 to 48 hours, however Erin remains to be forecast to stay a serious hurricane by means of not less than Wednesday of subsequent week.

Positioned about 145 miles north-northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Erin continued to lash the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with heavy rains and gusty winds. Downed timber and energy poles had been reported in across the San Juan space of Puerto Rico. The very best rainfall totals reported alongside the northern shores of St. Thomas and Puerto Rico ranged between 1 to 2 inches, with domestically increased quantities within the British Virgin Islands.

Erin will proceed to affect Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and the Turks and Caicos Islands because it regularly turns to the west-northwest tonight earlier than taking up a extra northwest or north-northwesterly trajectory on Sunday into Monday.

Tropical storm watches stay in impact for Turks and Caicos.

Previously day, Hurricane Erin displayed a powerful show of speedy intensification in a single day into Saturday morning. Over the previous 24 hours, Erin’s max winds elevated from 75 mph Friday morning to 160 mph on Saturday morning, when it reached Class 5 standing.

Shifting to subsequent week, Erin will proceed to maneuver northwest, staying east of the Bahamas. The storm ought to start to decelerate and switch north by Monday and can monitor in between Bermuda and the East Coast of the U.S.

Nearly all of meteorological modeling continues to maintain Erin nicely off the East Coast of the U.S. by a whole bunch of miles, however massive waves and life-threatening rip currents are nonetheless anticipated to succeed in the coast from Aug. 20 to Aug. 27.

This is able to not solely be harmful for anybody getting into the waters, but additionally for property alongside the coast, as erosion — particularly alongside North Carolina’s Outer Banks — might be a critical risk. The Outer Banks and different elements of North Carolina may see waves of 8 to 12 toes, with different areas of South Carolina and Virginia probably seeing waves reaching 6 toes subsequent week.

Regardless of the specter of robust waves alongside the East Coast, a chilly entrance pushing off of America’s coast is anticipated to maintain Erin out to sea and also will convey below-average temperatures to the Northeast subsequent week.

The Nationwide Hurricane Heart predicted an above-normal hurricane season for the Atlantic.