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and where it's headed: Tammy's center is just east of Guadeloupe as it moves toward the northwest. Tammy has actually enhanced modestly since Friday night.
The storm enhanced into a hurricane on Friday morning in the tropical Atlantic. This is an unusual area 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 ought to turn northward, then northeastward out to sea and not be an issue for the continental United States.
The path northward far from the Caribbean has ended up being less specific. Tammy was at first expected to be caught by a cold front by the middle of the upcoming week, however computer system guidance is now suggesting that the storm might wander around in between Puerto Rico and Bermuda for some time.
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Hurricane cautions have actually now been released for several islands in the northeast Caribbean. That implies cyclone conditions are expected in a few of these locations. You can see the current cautions and watches in the map below.
Heavy rainfall, strong winds and high browse from Tammy should spread out throughout the eastern Caribbean islands through Saturday. Those effects will last through a minimum of early Sunday in some locations.
Rain overalls 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 up to 6 inches). Parts of eastern Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands might see 1 to 2 inches of rainfall (locally approximately 4 inches).
T he heavy rainfall could trigger flooding and mudslides in some of these locations.
Norma, now a Category 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 Typhoon Center stated.
Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters observed Norma's center situated offshore simply west of Cabo San Lucas on Saturday afternoon, and hurricane and conditions were happening over some areas of of southern Baja California Sur, according to the cyclone center.
Norma is anticipated to be slightly weaker by the time it hits land, however it still will be a typhoon that might bring dangerous conditions to a tourist-friendly area that's home to a couple of hundred thousand people, the typhoon center stated.
In the Atlantic Ocean, meanwhile, Hurricane Tammy-- a Category 1 storm as of Saturday afternoon-- has set off cyclone cautions for portions of the Leeward Islands, a chain of several island nations and areas between the Caribbean Sea and the open Atlantic. Tammy's winds picked up speed to 85 miles per hour.
Neither storm is a danger to the United States.
In the Atlantic, Tammy preserved maximum continual winds of 85 miles per hour and was focused about 25 miles north-northeast of Guadeloupe, the National Cyclone 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 parts of the Leeward Islands-- including Guadeloupe and Antigua and Barbuda-- through Saturday night, and then move north of the northern Leeward Islands on Sunday.
Hurricane-force winds extended outward approximately 25 miles from the storm's center and tropical storm-force winds extended outward up to 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 given that 1900, according to cyclone professional Michael Lowry.
It's likewise the latest-forming cyclone in this part of the Atlantic considering that 1966, according to Phil Klotzbach, a research researcher in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University.
Typhoon experts formerly warned cyclones might form in uncommon areas later 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 serious risks and might result in flash flooding and mudslides. Rain totals for the Leeward Islands are anticipated to be 4 to 8 inches, however might reach a foot in places where the heaviest rain sets up. Rain needs to be lighter in Puerto Rico and the British and United States Virgin Islands, where 1 to 2 inches of rain is most likely.
Conditions will begin to enhance from south to north across the island chain by late Sunday as the storm moves north out of the area.
With Tammy in the Atlantic, just 2 names are left-- Vince and Whitney-- on the standard Atlantic storm name list before the cyclone center turns to an alternate list of names.
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