Erin has develop into the primary hurricane of the Atlantic season, with a number of areas already on alert for heavy rain whereas sturdy waves and rip currents are doable alongside the East Coast of the USA as early as subsequent week.
As of Saturday morning, Hurricane Erin had strengthened right into a Class 5 storm with most sustained winds of as much as 160 mph, the Nationwide Hurricane Heart mentioned.
The storm is presently positioned about 105 miles north of Anguilla and about 235 miles east-northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Erin is transferring west at 17 mph.
On this picture launched by Nationwide Hurricane Heart, the eyewall of Hurricane Erin is proven on Aug. 16, 2025.
Nationwide Hurricane Heart
Hurricane Erin displayed a powerful show of fast intensification in a single day into Saturday morning. Over the previous 24 hours, Erin’s max winds have elevated from 75 mph yesterday morning to 160 mph this morning.
Tropical storm watches are in place for the Northern Leeward Islands of St. Martin, St. Barts, Anguilla and Barbuda, with breezy and wet circumstances doable in these areas for the subsequent 48 hours.
Erin is predicted to cross close to or north of the Leeward Islands on Saturday and will deliver as much as 6 inches of rain on Friday and Saturday.
This weekend, Erin will transfer north of Puerto Rico and will doubtlessly develop into even stronger by Sunday morning. The outer bands of this storm might deliver 2 to 4 inches of rain to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday and Sunday, which might result in remoted flash flooding, potential mudslides and gusty winds of 40 to 50 mph.
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.
The vast majority of meteorological modeling continues to maintain Erin nicely off the East Coast of the U.S. by a whole bunch of miles, however giant waves and life-threatening rip currents are nonetheless anticipated to succeed in the coast from Aug. 20 to Aug. 27.
This could not solely be harmful for anybody getting into the waters, but in addition for property alongside the coast, as erosion — particularly alongside North Carolina’s Outer Banks — might be a severe menace. The Outer Banks and different elements of North Carolina might see waves of 8 to 12 toes, with different areas of South Carolina and Virginia presumably seeing waves reaching 6 toes subsequent week.
Regardless of the specter of sturdy waves alongside the East Coast, a chilly entrance pushing off of America’s coast is predicted to maintain Erin out to sea and also will deliver below-average temperatures to the Northeast subsequent week.
The Nationwide Hurricane Heart predicted an above-normal hurricane season for the Atlantic.
August, September and October are essentially the most energetic months of the Atlantic hurricane season, which ends on Nov. 30.
