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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 strengthened decently because Friday night.
The storm enhanced into a typhoon on Friday morning in the tropical Atlantic. This is an uncommon place 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 a concern for the continental United States.
The route northward away from the Caribbean has actually ended up being less certain. Tammy was at first anticipated to be caught by a cold front by the middle of the upcoming week, but computer guidance is now recommending that the storm might wander 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 means hurricane conditions are expected in some of these areas. You can see the latest warnings 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 effects will last through at least early Sunday in some locations.
Rainfall overalls could be 4 to 8 inches (locally as much as 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 (in your area as much as 4 inches).
T he heavy rainfall could cause flooding and mudslides in a few of these areas.
Norma, now a Classification 1 storm since 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 said.
Flying Force Reserve Cyclone Hunters observed Norma's center located offshore simply west of Cabo San Lucas on Saturday afternoon, and typhoon and conditions were happening over some areas of of southern Baja California Sur, according to the cyclone center.
Norma is expected to be somewhat weaker by the time it strikes land, but it still will be a cyclone that might bring deadly conditions to a tourist-friendly region that's home to a few hundred thousand people, the cyclone center stated.
In the Atlantic Ocean, meanwhile, Typhoon Tammy-- a Classification 1 storm since Saturday afternoon-- has actually triggered typhoon warnings for parts of the Leeward Islands, a chain of a number of island countries and areas in between the Caribbean Sea and the open Atlantic. Tammy's winds gained ground to 85 miles per hour.
Neither storm is a risk to the US.
In the Atlantic, Tammy maintained maximum continual winds of 85 mph and was focused about 25 miles north-northeast of Guadeloupe, the National Typhoon Center stated at 2 p.m. ET.
The Classification 1 cyclone lay about 50 miles southeast of Antigua by Saturday afternoon, the typhoon center said.
Tammy is anticipated to move near or over parts of the Leeward Islands-- including Guadeloupe and Antigua and Barbuda-- through Saturday night, and after that move north of the northern Leeward Islands on Sunday.
Hurricane-force winds extended external approximately 25 miles from the storm's center and tropical storm-force winds extended external up to 125 miles.
Hurricanes in this part of the Atlantic are unusual for late October. Tammy is only the third typhoon to form this far southeast in the Atlantic because 1900, according to hurricane specialist Michael Lowry.
It's also the latest-forming cyclone in this part of the Atlantic given that 1966, according to Phil Klotzbach, a research researcher in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University.
Hurricane experts previously cautioned hurricanes could 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 one of the storm's most serious dangers and could result in flash flooding and mudslides. Rainfall overalls 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 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 region.
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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