Saturday was a big day in the Atlantic. Erin rapidly intensified — becoming the first major hurricane of the season and the first category 5 hurricane of the season. The Hurricane Hunters crew flew through the storm and discovered Erin’s winds had reached 160 mph.As of Sunday afternoon, Erin is a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph. Erin is moving west-northwest at 13 mph with a pressure back up to 946 millibars, indicating Erin has weakened slightly due to some structural changes and eyewall replacement cycles. Erin will still encounter warm sea surface temperatures, but loses the intensity-jumping fuel of the abnormally warm and deep marine layer of water that’s hugging the coastlines from Puerto Rico to the Bahamas. Latest tropical advisoryHere is a link to the NHC advisory in English and Spanish. The storm is about 150 miles north of San Juan, Puerto Rico.Tropical trackTropical spaghetti modelsErin rapidly intensified into a Category 5 major hurricane late Saturday morning. Erin is one of the fastest-growing storms on record. Its sustained winds increased from 75 mph on Friday morning to 160 mph by Saturday morning. More Category 5 storms like Erin that jump up several categories in a short time are expected, according to NASA scientists, due to the planet’s warming.Sea surface temperaturesAlthough Erin may never make landfall, there will be coastal impacts over a widespread area from the Bahamas to the entire U.S. East Coast. Bermuda may have substantial impacts from wind, rain and surf. The island nation will be the closest landmass to the most dangerous part of the storm. Residents along the East Coast and Bermuda will want to watch for possible track adjustments early this week that may lead to more significant coastal impacts. Erin’s track this weekA more northerly track is expected to occur on Sunday and Monday as steering currents lift Erin between the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda. If the storm remains on the current forecast track, Bermuda may receive more direct impacts. Even as Erin is expected to pass hundreds of miles offshore, high surf and dangerous rip currents are expected at the North Carolina beaches Tuesday through Thursday as Erin approaches and passes off the coast. People visiting or living in the Outer Banks should pay especially close attention to Erin’s progress up the East Coast, as overwash, coastal erosion and high surf may become an issue along Highway 12.Slideshows: Tropical satellite images and looping satellite Five named storms so far this seasonThere have been a total of five named storms in the 2025 season to date. Andrea, Barry and Chantal formed earlier this season, and Dexter formed in early August. Chantal was the storm that brought devastating flash flooding to parts of central North Carolina and claimed the lives of five people in the state. Chantal formed over the July Fourth weekend and dissipated on July 6. Erin formed during the second week of August on Monday, Aug. 11, at 11 a.m. From a Category 2 hurricane on Saturday morning at 2 a.m., Hurricane Erin became a major Category 4 hurricane in just six hours. Shortly after 11 a.m. Hurricane Hunters discovered Erin had become a Category 5 hurricane.Related coverageLanie Pope explains Helene’s massive flooding, why it was potentially a 100-year flood event for the state in the interactive video featured below:It’s the worst of the worst to ever hit North Carolina, as Dylan Hudler explains the names our state will never forget in the interactive video featured below:More weather coverage: Weather Alerts | Latest weather forecast | Post pictures to the uLocal North Carolina Facebook Group | Traffic information | Report closings and delays | SkyCams | Download the WXII 12 News mobile app
Saturday was a big day in the Atlantic. Erin rapidly intensified — becoming the first major hurricane of the season and the first category 5 hurricane of the season. The Hurricane Hunters crew flew through the storm and discovered Erin’s winds had reached 160 mph.
As of Sunday afternoon, Erin is a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph. Erin is moving west-northwest at 13 mph with a pressure back up to 946 millibars, indicating Erin has weakened slightly due to some structural changes and eyewall replacement cycles.
Erin will still encounter warm sea surface temperatures, but loses the intensity-jumping fuel of the abnormally warm and deep marine layer of water that’s hugging the coastlines from Puerto Rico to the Bahamas.
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Latest tropical advisory
Table of Contents
- Latest tropical advisory
- Tropical track
- Tropical spaghetti models
- Sea surface temperatures
- Erin’s track this week
- Slideshows: Tropical satellite images and looping satellite
- Enhanced Infrared Satellite Imagery of Erin in the Atlantic
- Tropical Track: Erin
- Wave Height Forecast and Erin’s Tropical Track
- Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential
- Sea Surface Water Temperature in the Atlantic
- Wind Gust Speed in Miles Per Hour: Eastern Antilles
- Wind Gust Speed in Miles Per Hour: Puerto Rico and the Antilles
- Tropical Atlantic Infrared Satellite
- Radar and Wind Gust Speed in Miles Per Hour: North Carolina Coast
- Radar, Satellite, and Wind Gust Speed in Miles Per Hour: South Carolina and North Carolina
- Southeast: Rainfall Intensity and Wind Gust Speed in Miles Per Hour
- Georgia and South Carolina: Rainfall Intensity and Wind Gust Speed in Miles Per Hour
- The Bahamas: Rainfall Intensity and Wind Gust Speed in Miles Per Hour
- Florida and The Bahamas: Rainfall Intensity and Wind Gust Speed in Miles Per Hour
- Tropical West Africa Infrared Satellite Imagery
- Five named storms so far this season
Here is a link to the NHC advisory in English and Spanish. The storm is about 150 miles north of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Tropical track
Tropical spaghetti models
Erin rapidly intensified into a Category 5 major hurricane late Saturday morning. Erin is one of the fastest-growing storms on record. Its sustained winds increased from 75 mph on Friday morning to 160 mph by Saturday morning. More Category 5 storms like Erin that jump up several categories in a short time are expected, according to NASA scientists, due to the planet’s warming.
Sea surface temperatures
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Although Erin may never make landfall, there will be coastal impacts over a widespread area from the Bahamas to the entire U.S. East Coast. Bermuda may have substantial impacts from wind, rain and surf. The island nation will be the closest landmass to the most dangerous part of the storm. Residents along the East Coast and Bermuda will want to watch for possible track adjustments early this week that may lead to more significant coastal impacts.
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Erin’s track this week
A more northerly track is expected to occur on Sunday and Monday as steering currents lift Erin between the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda. If the storm remains on the current forecast track, Bermuda may receive more direct impacts.
Even as Erin is expected to pass hundreds of miles offshore, high surf and dangerous rip currents are expected at the North Carolina beaches Tuesday through Thursday as Erin approaches and passes off the coast. People visiting or living in the Outer Banks should pay especially close attention to Erin’s progress up the East Coast, as overwash, coastal erosion and high surf may become an issue along Highway 12.
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Slideshows: Tropical satellite images and looping satellite
Five named storms so far this season
There have been a total of five named storms in the 2025 season to date. Andrea, Barry and Chantal formed earlier this season, and Dexter formed in early August. Chantal was the storm that brought devastating flash flooding to parts of central North Carolina and claimed the lives of five people in the state. Chantal formed over the July Fourth weekend and dissipated on July 6.
Erin formed during the second week of August on Monday, Aug. 11, at 11 a.m. From a Category 2 hurricane on Saturday morning at 2 a.m., Hurricane Erin became a major Category 4 hurricane in just six hours. Shortly after 11 a.m. Hurricane Hunters discovered Erin had become a Category 5 hurricane.
Lanie Pope explains Helene’s massive flooding, why it was potentially a 100-year flood event for the state in the interactive video featured below:
It’s the worst of the worst to ever hit North Carolina, as Dylan Hudler explains the names our state will never forget in the interactive video featured below:
More weather coverage: Weather Alerts | Latest weather forecast | Post pictures to the uLocal North Carolina Facebook Group | Traffic information | Report closings and delays | SkyCams | Download the WXII 12 News mobile app
