Tropical Storm Erika expected to strengthen

The storm’s maximum sustained winds late were near 45 miles per hour . The National Hurricane Center tell news that Erika is moving “quickly toward the West”.

Tropical Storm Warnings remain in effect for Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, while Tropical Storm Watches are still active for St. Maarten and Islands of Saba and St. Eustatius.

“It’s too far out to know if Carteret County will see any impacts”, he said, “but it’s definitely one (storm) that needs to be watched a bit more than (Hurricane) Danny“. The GFS dissipates the storm in a fashion similar to Danny, while the ECMWF keeps it quite strong as it recurves into the Atlantic, just east of Florida. The tracking map and forecast model images in this article will update automatically and we’ll likely begin to update this page as the storm develops.

The Global Precipitation Measurement or GPM core satellite captured rainfall data happening within northwestern half of Tropical Storm Erika on August 25 at 0611 UTC (2:11 a.m. EDT).

In his 5 a.m. Forecast Discussion NHC forecaster Richard Pasch says Erika will probably strengthen over the next two days, but after that the picture painted by the top computer models is murkier. Hurricane forecasts beyond three to five days are sketchy at best.

Forecasters said hurricane models are less consistent in their five-day predictions about whether Erika will take a turn to the north and skirt the east coast of Florida, or push through the peninsula.

By Sunday, the current hurricane center forecast calls for Erika to have 80 miles per hour winds.

Danny is expected to weaken to a remnant low later today or tonight. “These factors should allow strengthening”, the NHC said. The south-east United States, The Bahamas and Cuba are advised to continue monitoring the progress of the storm.

Danny is the first hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season.