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and where it's headed: Tammy's center is simply east of Guadeloupe as it moves toward the northwest. Tammy has actually enhanced modestly considering that Friday night.
The storm reinforced into a hurricane on Friday morning in the tropical Atlantic. This is an unusual location for a cyclone to form this late in the year, according to Dr. Phil Klotzbach, a tropical researcher at Colorado State University.
By early in the week ahead, Tammy needs to turn northward, then northeastward out to sea and not be a concern for the continental United States.
The path northward away from the Caribbean has become less certain. Tammy was initially expected to be recorded by a cold front by the middle of the upcoming week, but computer system assistance is now recommending that the storm may wander around between Puerto Rico and Bermuda for a long time.
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Hurricane cautions have now been issued for numerous islands in the northeast Caribbean. That indicates cyclone conditions are anticipated in a few of these areas. You can see the current warnings and watches in the map below.
Heavy rainfall, strong winds and high surf from Tammy ought to spread out throughout the eastern Caribbean islands through Saturday. Those effects will last through at least early Sunday in some locations.
Rainfall totals could be 4 to 8 inches (locally as much as 12 inches) in the Leeward Islands. The northern Windward Islands may see 2 to 4 inches of rain (locally as much as 6 inches). Parts of eastern Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands might see 1 to 2 inches of rains (in your area up to 4 inches).
T he heavy rainfall might cause flooding and mudslides in some of these areas.
Norma, now a Classification 1 storm as of 2 p.m. ET, is anticipated to move over or near parts of Mexico's Baja California Sur-- consisting of Cabo San Lucas-- late Saturday afternoon or early evening, the National Hurricane Center stated.
Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters observed Norma's center situated offshore just west of Cabo San Lucas on Saturday afternoon, and cyclone and conditions were occurring over some locations of of southern Baja California Sur, according to the typhoon center.
Norma is expected to be somewhat weaker by the time it hits land, but it still will be a typhoon that could bring life-threatening conditions to a tourist-friendly region that's home to a few hundred thousand people, the typhoon center stated.
In the Atlantic Ocean, on the other hand, Cyclone Tammy-- a Category 1 storm since Saturday afternoon-- has actually triggered hurricane warnings for parts of the Leeward Islands, a chain of a number of island countries and areas between the Caribbean Sea and the open Atlantic. Tammy's winds gained ground to 85 mph.
Neither storm is a danger to the US.
In the Atlantic, Tammy maintained optimal continual winds of 85 mph and was focused about 25 miles north-northeast of Guadeloupe, the National Hurricane Center said at 2 p.m. ET.
The Category 1 cyclone was located about 50 miles southeast of Antigua by Saturday afternoon, the typhoon center said.
Tammy is anticipated to move near or over portions of the Leeward Islands-- consisting of Guadeloupe and Antigua and Barbuda-- through Saturday night, and after that move north of the northern Leeward Islands on Sunday.
Hurricane-force winds extended external approximately 25 miles from the storm's center and tropical storm-force winds extended outside up to 125 miles.
Hurricanes in this part of the Atlantic are unusual for late October. Tammy is just the third hurricane to form this far southeast in the Atlantic because 1900, according to typhoon professional Michael Lowry.
It's also the latest-forming hurricane in this part of the Atlantic since 1966, according to Phil Klotzbach, a research researcher in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University.
Hurricane experts previously alerted typhoons could form in unusual locations later on in the season this year because of the remarkably warm Atlantic Ocean.
A storm surge of 1 to 3 feet is possible for parts of the Leeward Islands.
Heavy rainfall will be one of the storm's most severe threats and could result in flash flooding and mudslides. Rain totals for the Leeward Islands are expected to be 4 to 8 inches, however might reach a foot in places where the heaviest rain establishes. Rain needs to be lighter in Puerto Rico and the British and United States Virgin Islands, where 1 to 2 inches of rain is more than likely.
Conditions will start to enhance from south to north throughout the island chain by late Sunday as the storm moves north out of the area.
With Tammy in the Atlantic, only two names are left-- Vince and Whitney-- on the basic Atlantic storm name list before the typhoon center turns to an alternate list of names.
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