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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 considering that Friday night.
The storm enhanced into a hurricane on Friday early 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 scientist 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 away from the Caribbean has actually become less specific. Tammy was at first expected to be caught by a cold front by the middle of the upcoming week, but computer guidance is now recommending that the storm might drift around in between Puerto Rico and Bermuda for some time.
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Typhoon warnings have actually now been provided for several islands in the northeast Caribbean. That implies cyclone conditions are expected 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 should spread out across the eastern Caribbean islands through Saturday. Those impacts will last through at least early Sunday in some areas.
Rainfall 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 (in your area as much as 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 a few of these locations.
Norma, now a Category 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 Cyclone Center stated.
Air Force Reserve Cyclone Hunters observed Norma's center situated offshore just west of Cabo San Lucas on Saturday afternoon, and cyclone and conditions were taking place over some locations of of southern Baja California Sur, according to the hurricane center.
Norma is anticipated to be somewhat weaker by the time it hits land, however it still will be a hurricane that could bring life-threatening conditions to a tourist-friendly region that's home to a few hundred thousand people, the typhoon center said.
In the Atlantic Ocean, meanwhile, Typhoon Tammy-- a Category 1 storm since Saturday afternoon-- has set off hurricane cautions for portions of the Leeward Islands, a chain of numerous island countries and territories in between the Caribbean Sea and the open Atlantic. Tammy's winds picked up speed to 85 mph.
Neither storm is a danger to the US.
In the Atlantic, Tammy maintained optimal sustained winds of 85 miles per hour and was centered about 25 miles north-northeast of Guadeloupe, the National Cyclone Center said at 2 p.m. ET.
The Classification 1 typhoon lay about 50 miles southeast of Antigua by Saturday afternoon, the typhoon 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 external approximately 125 miles.
Hurricanes in this part of the Atlantic are rare for late October. Tammy is just the third cyclone to form this far southeast in the Atlantic considering that 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 researcher in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University.
Hurricane specialists formerly cautioned cyclones could form in unusual locations later in the season this year because of the extremely warm Atlantic Ocean.
A storm rise of 1 to 3 feet is possible for parts of the Leeward Islands.
Heavy rainfall will be among the storm's most severe hazards and could lead to flash flooding and mudslides. Rain overalls for the Leeward Islands are expected to be 4 to 8 inches, but could reach a foot in places where the heaviest rain establishes. Rain should 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 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 two 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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