Erin Now A Rapidly Strengthening Category 4 Hurricane
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Heavy rains were forecast to start late Friday in Antigua and Barbuda, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and southern and eastern Puerto Rico.
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WWSB Tampa on MSNErin is a Category 4 Hurricane
Tropical Storm Watches are now active for a string of Caribbean islands, including Anguilla, Barbuda, St. Martin, St. Barthelemy, Saba, St. Eustatius, and Sint Maarten, signaling the possibility of tropical-storm conditions within the next 48 hours
Tropical Storm Erin has become a hurricane as of 11 a.m., Friday, August 15. The storm is forecast to become a major hurricane (Category 3 or 4) with peak wind speeds of around 130 mph over the weekend,
The NHC forecast advisory predicts Erin will continue westward today before bending west‑northwest tonight and through the weekend as a weakness develops in the subtropical ridge. Forecast positions show the storm moving from 16.
Tropical Storm Erin -- which is forecast to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season by Saturday morning -- won't have a direct impact on the U.S., but it will bring dangerous rip currents to the East Coast.