Hurricane Erin Intermediate Advisory Number 36A - NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL052025 - 800 AM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

...OUTER BANDS OF LARGE HURRICANE ERIN EXPECTED TO BRING WORSENING WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA BY THIS EVENING......BEACHGOERS ARE CAUTIONED AGAINST SWIMMING AT MOST U.S. EASTCOAST BEACHES DUE TO LIFE-THREATENING SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...

 

SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...29.6N 73.7W

ABOUT 560 MI...900 KM WSW OF BERMUDA

ABOUT 400 MI...645 KM SSE OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH...155 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 345 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...948 MB...28.00 INCHES

 

WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

None.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for...

* Cape Lookout to Duck, North Carolina

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...

* Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina to the North Carolina/Virginia border, including Pamlico and Albemarle sounds.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...

* North of the North Carolina/Virginia border to Chincoteague, Virginia

* Bermuda

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1. Near the Leeward Islands in the Tropical Atlantic:  A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic continues to produce a broad area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression could form late this week or over the weekend while it moves near or to the north of the northern Leeward Islands.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.

 

2. Eastern Tropical Atlantic (AL99):  A tropical wave located to the southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands

continues to produce a concentrated area of showers and thunderstorms.  Environmental conditions appear marginally favorable for additional development over the next day or so while the system

moves westward at around 15 mph and a short-lived tropical depression could form.  By the end of the week, environmental conditions are expected to become unfavorable for further development.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium..40 percent.

* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.