Port Alert
Charleston, SC
August 17, 2025
Notices
Hurricane Erin Advisory Number 24 - NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL052025 - 500 AM AST Sun Aug 17 2025
...ERIN'S OUTER RAINBANDS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO......TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS...
SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...20.6N 66.4W
ABOUT 155 MI...245 KM N OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO
ABOUT 310 MI...500 KM E OF GRAND TURK ISLAND
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH...205 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...940 MB...27.76 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:
The government of the Bahamas has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the Turks and Caicos Islands and a Tropical Storm Watch for the Southeast Bahamas.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* Turks and Caicos Islands
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...
* Southeast Bahamas
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1. Northwestern Atlantic: The area of low pressure located a couple hundred miles off the coast of North Carolina continues to produce disorganized shower activity to the east of the center. Development, if any, of this
system should be slow to occur during the next day or so while it moves little over the warm waters of the Gulf Stream. The opportunity for development should end on Monday when environmental conditions are expected to become unfavorable.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...10 percent.
2. Central Tropical Atlantic: An area of low pressure could form over the central tropical Atlantic during the middle to latter portion of the week. Some subsequent development could occur as the system moves westward to
west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.
