MIAMI — Hurricane Erin was forecast to become a major hurricane during the weekend in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, but the models track it staying away from South Florida.
The hurricane, a Category 2 forecast to become a Category 4, intensified as it neared its closest approach to the north of the Leeward Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center‘s advisory on Friday night.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunter aircraft’s data indicated that maximum sustained winds had increased to near 85 mph with higher gusts by 8 p.m., and 100 mph by 11 p.m.
Tropical storm conditions were possible within the area of Anguilla, St. Martin and St. Barthelemy, Saba and St. Eustatius, and Sint Maarten over the next 24 hours, according to NHC.
Erin’s center is likely to move just north of the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico over the weekend.
The northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos, and the southeastern Bahamas should monitor the hurricane’s progress, according to NHC.
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