H ere's where Tammy lies right now . Hurricane Tammy Day By Day ...
and where it's headed: Tammy's center is just east of Guadeloupe as it moves toward the northwest. Tammy has reinforced decently since Friday night.
The storm enhanced into a cyclone on Friday early morning in the tropical Atlantic. This is an uncommon area for a typhoon to form this late in the year, according to Dr. Phil Klotzbach, a tropical scientist 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 route northward far from the Caribbean has become less specific. Tammy was initially anticipated to be recorded by a cold front by the middle of the upcoming week, but computer guidance is now suggesting that the storm might drift around in between Puerto Rico and Bermuda for a long time.
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Typhoon cautions have now been released for a number of islands in the northeast Caribbean. That means hurricane conditions are anticipated in a few of these locations. You can see the latest cautions and watches in the map listed below.
Heavy rainfall, strong winds and high browse from Tammy need to spread across 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 up to 12 inches) in the Leeward Islands. The northern Windward Islands might see 2 to 4 inches of rain (locally up to 6 inches). Parts of eastern Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands might see 1 to 2 inches of rainfall (locally up to 4 inches).
T he heavy rainfall could cause flooding and mudslides in some of these locations.
Norma, now a Classification 1 storm as of 2 p.m. ET, is expected 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 taking place over some locations of of southern Baja California Sur, according to the cyclone center.
Norma is anticipated to be somewhat weaker by the time it hits land, however it still will be a hurricane that might bring dangerous conditions to a tourist-friendly region that's home to a few hundred thousand individuals, the typhoon center said.
In the Atlantic Ocean, on the other hand, Cyclone Tammy-- a Classification 1 storm as of Saturday afternoon-- has triggered typhoon cautions for portions of the Leeward Islands, a chain of several island countries and territories in between the Caribbean Sea and the open Atlantic. Tammy's winds picked up speed to 85 miles per hour.
Neither storm is a risk to the United States.
In the Atlantic, Tammy kept optimal continual winds of 85 mph and was focused about 25 miles north-northeast of Guadeloupe, the National Cyclone Center said at 2 p.m. ET.
The Classification 1 hurricane was located about 50 miles southeast of Antigua by Saturday afternoon, the hurricane center said.
Tammy is anticipated to move near or over parts 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 external as much as 25 miles from the storm's center and tropical storm-force winds extended external as much as 125 miles.
Hurricanes in this part of the Atlantic are unusual for late October. Tammy is just the 3rd typhoon to form this far southeast in the Atlantic since 1900, according to cyclone expert Michael Lowry.
It's also the latest-forming typhoon 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.
Hurricane specialists formerly alerted typhoons could form in unusual locations later on in the season this year because of the incredibly warm Atlantic Ocean.
A storm rise of 1 to 3 feet is possible for parts of the Leeward Islands.
Heavy rainfall will be one of the storm's most serious dangers and might result in flash flooding and mudslides. Rain totals for the Leeward Islands are expected to be 4 to 8 inches, but might reach a foot in places where the heaviest rain establishes. Rain must 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 begin to improve from south to north across the island chain by late Sunday as the storm moves north out of the region.
With Tammy in the Atlantic, just 2 names are left-- Vince and Whitney-- on the standard Atlantic storm name list before the hurricane center turns to an alternate list of names.
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