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and where it's headed: Tammy's center is simply east of Guadeloupe as it approaches the northwest. Tammy has actually reinforced modestly since Friday night.
The storm reinforced into a hurricane on Friday early morning in the tropical Atlantic. This is an unusual area for a hurricane 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 ought to turn northward, then northeastward out to sea and not be a concern for the continental United States.
The route northward far from the Caribbean has actually become less certain. Tammy was at first expected to be caught by a cold front by the middle of the upcoming week, but computer assistance is now recommending that the storm may wander around between Puerto Rico and Bermuda for a long time.
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Cyclone cautions have now been provided for several islands in the northeast Caribbean. That indicates hurricane conditions are anticipated in some of these areas. You can see the current cautions and watches in the map below.
Heavy rainfall, strong winds and high browse from Tammy must spread out throughout the eastern Caribbean islands through Saturday. Those impacts will last through a minimum of early Sunday in some locations.
Rainfall totals could be 4 to 8 inches (locally approximately 12 inches) in the Leeward Islands. The northern Windward Islands might see 2 to 4 inches of rain (in your area as much as 6 inches). Parts of eastern Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands could see 1 to 2 inches of rains (in your area as much as 4 inches).
T he heavy rainfall might trigger flooding and mudslides in some of these locations.
Norma, now a Category 1 storm since 2 p.m. ET, is anticipated to move over or near parts of Mexico's Baja California Sur-- including Cabo San Lucas-- late Saturday afternoon or early evening, the National Cyclone Center stated.
Flying Force Reserve Typhoon Hunters observed Norma's center located offshore simply west of Cabo San Lucas on Saturday afternoon, and typhoon and conditions were happening over some areas of of southern Baja California Sur, according to the typhoon center.
Norma is expected to be slightly weaker by the time it hits land, however it still will be a typhoon that could bring lethal conditions to a tourist-friendly region that's home to a couple of hundred thousand people, the cyclone center said.
In the Atlantic Ocean, meanwhile, Typhoon Tammy-- a Classification 1 storm as of Saturday afternoon-- has actually set off typhoon warnings for parts of the Leeward Islands, a chain of a number of island nations and territories in between the Caribbean Sea and the open Atlantic. Tammy's winds gained ground to 85 miles per hour.
Neither storm is a danger to the US.
In the Atlantic, Tammy kept maximum sustained winds of 85 mph and was focused about 25 miles north-northeast of Guadeloupe, the National Hurricane Center stated at 2 p.m. ET.
The Classification 1 typhoon was located about 50 miles southeast of Antigua by Saturday afternoon, the cyclone center stated.
Tammy is anticipated to move near or over portions of the Leeward Islands-- consisting of Guadeloupe and Antigua and Barbuda-- through Saturday night, and then move north of the northern Leeward Islands on Sunday.
Hurricane-force winds extended outside as much as 25 miles from the storm's center and tropical storm-force winds extended outward approximately 125 miles.
Hurricanes in this part of the Atlantic are unusual for late October. Tammy is just the third typhoon to form this far southeast in the Atlantic since 1900, according to hurricane expert Michael Lowry.
It's also the latest-forming cyclone in this part of the Atlantic since 1966, according to Phil Klotzbach, a research study researcher in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University.
Typhoon experts formerly alerted cyclones could form in unusual areas later on in the season this year because of the incredibly warm Atlantic Ocean.
A storm surge of 1 to 3 feet is possible for parts of the Leeward Islands.
Heavy rainfall will be among the storm's most serious threats and could result in flash flooding and mudslides. Rainfall totals for the Leeward Islands are expected to be 4 to 8 inches, however could reach a foot in places where the heaviest rain sets up. Rain should be lighter in Puerto Rico and the British and US Virgin Islands, where 1 to 2 inches of rain is probably.
Conditions will start to improve 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 2 names are left-- Vince and Whitney-- on the basic Atlantic storm name list before the cyclone center turns to an alternate list of names.
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