H ere's where Tammy is located right now . Hurricane Tammy Saffir Simpson Scale ...
and where it's headed: Tammy's center is just east of Guadeloupe as it moves toward the northwest. Tammy has actually strengthened decently considering that Friday night.
The storm strengthened into a hurricane 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 must 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 become less particular. Tammy was initially expected to be captured by a cold front by the middle of the upcoming week, however computer guidance is now suggesting that the storm might drift around between Puerto Rico and Bermuda for a long time.
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Hurricane cautions have now been provided for numerous islands in the northeast Caribbean. That implies cyclone conditions are expected in some of these locations. You can see the current warnings and watches in the map below.
Heavy rainfall, strong winds and high surf from Tammy need to spread out across the eastern Caribbean islands through Saturday. Those impacts will last through at least early Sunday in some locations.
Rainfall totals 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 (locally approximately 6 inches). Parts of eastern Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands could see 1 to 2 inches of rains (in your area as much as 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 expected to move over or near parts of Mexico's Baja California Sur-- including Cabo San Lucas-- late Saturday afternoon or early evening, the National Cyclone Center said.
Air Force Reserve Cyclone Hunters observed Norma's center located offshore just west of Cabo San Lucas on Saturday afternoon, and hurricane and conditions were occurring over some areas of of southern Baja California Sur, according to the typhoon center.
Norma is anticipated to be slightly weaker by the time it hits land, however it still will be a hurricane that might bring life-threatening conditions to a tourist-friendly area that's home to a couple of hundred thousand people, the typhoon center said.
In the Atlantic Ocean, on the other hand, Hurricane Tammy-- a Category 1 storm as of Saturday afternoon-- has actually set off cyclone 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 risk to the US.
In the Atlantic, Tammy preserved optimal sustained winds of 85 mph and was centered about 25 miles north-northeast of Guadeloupe, the National Typhoon Center stated at 2 p.m. ET.
The Classification 1 hurricane lay about 50 miles southeast of Antigua by Saturday afternoon, the cyclone 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 as much as 25 miles from the storm's center and tropical storm-force winds extended outward approximately 125 miles.
Hurricanes in this part of the Atlantic are uncommon for late October. Tammy is only the 3rd hurricane to form this far southeast in the Atlantic since 1900, according to hurricane specialist Michael Lowry.
It's likewise the latest-forming typhoon 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.
Hurricane experts formerly cautioned typhoons 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 severe risks and could result in flash flooding and mudslides. Rainfall totals 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 should 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, just two names are left-- Vince and Whitney-- on the standard Atlantic storm name list before the hurricane center turns to an alternate list of names.
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