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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 strengthened modestly because Friday night.
The storm strengthened into a hurricane on Friday morning in the tropical Atlantic. This is an unusual 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 should turn northward, then northeastward out to sea and not be a concern for the continental United States.
The path northward far from the Caribbean has become less specific. Tammy was initially expected to be recorded by a cold front by the middle of the upcoming week, however computer system guidance is now suggesting that the storm might drift around between Puerto Rico and Bermuda for some time.
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Hurricane warnings have now been released for several islands in the northeast Caribbean. That suggests typhoon conditions are anticipated in some of these areas. You can see the most recent warnings and watches in the map below.
Heavy rainfall, strong winds and high browse from Tammy should spread 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 up to 12 inches) in the Leeward Islands. The northern Windward Islands might see 2 to 4 inches of rain (in your area up to 6 inches). Parts of eastern Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands could 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 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-- consisting of Cabo San Lucas-- late Saturday afternoon or early evening, the National Typhoon Center said.
Air Force Reserve Cyclone Hunters observed Norma's center located 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 hurricane center.
Norma is expected to be slightly weaker by the time it strikes land, however 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, Typhoon Tammy-- a Category 1 storm as of Saturday afternoon-- has actually set off hurricane cautions for parts of the Leeward Islands, a chain of numerous 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 danger to the United States.
In the Atlantic, Tammy maintained optimal continual winds of 85 miles per hour and was centered about 25 miles north-northeast of Guadeloupe, the National Hurricane Center said at 2 p.m. ET.
The Category 1 cyclone was located about 50 miles southeast of Antigua by Saturday afternoon, the hurricane 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 as much as 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 just the third typhoon to form this far southeast in the Atlantic because 1900, according to hurricane professional Michael Lowry.
It's likewise the latest-forming hurricane 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.
Typhoon specialists previously alerted hurricanes might form in unusual areas 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 dangers and could result in flash flooding and mudslides. Rainfall overalls for the Leeward Islands are expected to be 4 to 8 inches, but might reach a foot in places where the heaviest rain sets up. 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 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 typhoon center turns to an alternate list of names.
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