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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 reinforced decently since Friday night.
The storm enhanced into a hurricane on Friday 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 scientist at Colorado State University.
By early in the week ahead, Tammy needs 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 become less certain. Tammy was at first expected to be captured by a cold front by the middle of the upcoming week, however computer assistance is now recommending that the storm may wander around in between Puerto Rico and Bermuda for a long time.
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Typhoon warnings have actually now been issued for a number of islands in the northeast Caribbean. That means hurricane conditions are anticipated in some of these locations. You can see the latest warnings and watches in the map below.
Heavy rainfall, strong winds and high surf from Tammy must spread out throughout the eastern Caribbean islands through Saturday. Those effects will last through at least early Sunday in some locations.
Rain overalls could be 4 to 8 inches (in your area approximately 12 inches) in the Leeward Islands. The northern Windward Islands might see 2 to 4 inches of rain (locally approximately 6 inches). Parts of eastern Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands might see 1 to 2 inches of rainfall (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 Classification 1 storm as of 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 Typhoon 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 occurring over some areas of of southern Baja California Sur, according to the cyclone center.
Norma is expected to be slightly weaker by the time it hits land, but it still will be a hurricane that might bring lethal conditions to a tourist-friendly area that's home to a few hundred thousand people, the hurricane center said.
In the Atlantic Ocean, meanwhile, Hurricane Tammy-- a Classification 1 storm as of Saturday afternoon-- has actually activated typhoon warnings for portions 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 picked up speed to 85 mph.
Neither storm is a threat to the United States.
In the Atlantic, Tammy preserved maximum continual winds of 85 mph and was centered about 25 miles north-northeast of Guadeloupe, the National Cyclone Center said at 2 p.m. ET.
The Classification 1 typhoon was located about 50 miles southeast of Antigua by Saturday afternoon, the cyclone 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 then move north of the northern Leeward Islands on Sunday.
Hurricane-force winds extended outside approximately 25 miles from the storm's center and tropical storm-force winds extended outward as much as 125 miles.
Hurricanes in this part of the Atlantic are uncommon for late October. Tammy is just the 3rd hurricane to form this far southeast in the Atlantic given that 1900, according to cyclone expert Michael Lowry.
It's likewise the latest-forming hurricane in this part of the Atlantic because 1966, according to Phil Klotzbach, a research scientist in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University.
Typhoon experts previously alerted cyclones might form in uncommon 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 among the storm's most major dangers and could lead to flash flooding and mudslides. Rainfall overalls for the Leeward Islands are anticipated to be 4 to 8 inches, but could reach a foot in places where the heaviest rain sets up. Rain needs to be lighter in Puerto Rico and the British and US 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 standard Atlantic storm name list before the cyclone center turns to an alternate list of names.
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