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and where it's headed: Tammy's center is simply east of Guadeloupe as it moves toward the northwest. Tammy has actually strengthened decently considering that Friday night.
The storm enhanced into a hurricane on Friday morning in the tropical Atlantic. This is an uncommon place 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 should turn northward, then northeastward out to sea and not be an issue for the continental United States.
The route northward away from the Caribbean has become less particular. Tammy was initially anticipated to be recorded by a cold front by the middle of the upcoming week, but computer system assistance is now suggesting that the storm might wander around in between Puerto Rico and Bermuda for a long time.
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Cyclone warnings have now been released for a number of islands in the northeast Caribbean. That means typhoon conditions are expected in some of these areas. You can see the current warnings and watches in the map listed below.
Heavy rainfall, strong winds and high browse from Tammy must spread throughout the eastern Caribbean islands through Saturday. Those effects 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 as much as 4 inches).
T he heavy rainfall could cause flooding and mudslides in a few of these areas.
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-- including Cabo San Lucas-- late Saturday afternoon or early evening, the National Hurricane Center said.
Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters observed Norma's center situated offshore simply west of Cabo San Lucas on Saturday afternoon, and cyclone and conditions were occurring 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, but it still will be a cyclone that might bring life-threatening conditions to a tourist-friendly area that's home to a couple of hundred thousand individuals, the typhoon center said.
In the Atlantic Ocean, meanwhile, Hurricane Tammy-- a Category 1 storm since Saturday afternoon-- has activated cyclone warnings for parts of the Leeward Islands, a chain of a number of island countries and territories between the Caribbean Sea and the open Atlantic. Tammy's winds picked up speed to 85 mph.
Neither storm is a risk to the United States.
In the Atlantic, Tammy preserved optimal 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 cyclone was located about 50 miles southeast of Antigua by Saturday afternoon, the typhoon center said.
Tammy is expected 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 up to 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 hurricane 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 considering that 1966, according to Phil Klotzbach, a research study scientist in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University.
Typhoon specialists formerly alerted typhoons might form in unusual areas later in the season this year because of the remarkably 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 severe dangers and might lead to flash flooding and mudslides. Rain totals for the Leeward Islands are anticipated to be 4 to 8 inches, but 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 probably.
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, just 2 names are left-- Vince and Whitney-- on the basic Atlantic storm name list before the typhoon center turns to an alternate list of names.
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