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<\/p>\nAs Erin chugs its way up the Southeastern seaboard, forecasters are eyeing two other tropical disturbances in line behind it in the Atlantic.<\/p>\n
For now, neither appears set to pose a threat to the Caribbean or the U.S. anytime soon \u2014 if at all.<\/p>\n
As of the 8 p.m. Wednesday update, the National Hurricane Center gave the closer tropical wave a 70% chance of forming a tropical depression in the next seven days, up from 60% on Monday, and a 10% chance of developing in the next two days.<\/p>\n
Forecasters said the disorganized tropical wave is likely to pull together into a tropical depression near or just north of the easternmost Caribbean islands. Long-range computer models suggest this system could follow a similar northern curve out to sea that Erin did, away from occupied land.<\/p>\n
Bryan Norcross, hurricane specialist at FOX Weather, said the modeling shows a strong cold front forming over the U.S. in the next few days before pushing out to sea and steering this system away from land. He said it\u2019s very likely the system will make a \u201chard right\u201d before approaching the Bahamas, although it could bring a bit of rain to the northeastern Carribean islands.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe concern is low, but with all systems this time of year, we watch to be sure, because if it finds a patch of atmosphere, things do tend to spin up,\u201d he said. \u201cBut there\u2019s no sign of a strong system.\u201d<\/p>\n
The farther tropical disturbance saw a slight bump in its formation chances on Wednesday, to a 40% chance in the next two to seven days. The hurricane center tagged this one as an \u201cinvest\u201d on Tuesday, kicking off heightened scrutiny of the system.<\/p>\n
Forecasters said there\u2019s a small pocket of storm-friendly conditions this wave could encounter in the next few days, which could allow a \u201cshort-lived tropical depression\u201d time to form \u2014 and then potentially dissolve.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat one has a very short life expectancy,\u201d Norcross said. \u201cIf it doesn\u2019t get its act together shortly, it\u2019s going to lose its opportunity to develop into a tropical depression or a tropical storm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some models hint that the system, if it survives the rough conditions, could re-strengthen on the other side of the Caribbean and keep heading west, but Norcross said it seems like a slim chance.<\/p>\n
Either way, he said, \u201cIt wouldn\u2019t be a threat to Florida in any likely scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n
What\u2019s Hurricane Erin doing?<\/p>\n
Hurricane Erin, a Category 2, continued its northern path along the Southeastern coast on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Florida\u2019s worst impacts \u2014 deadly rip currents, rough boat conditions and high waves that surfers are excited about \u2014 are in effect through at least Friday. Erin\u2019s massive wind field means that rough surf is expected from Palm Beach all the way to the Northeast for the next few days.<\/p>\n
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Hurricane Erin, a Category 2, has a massive wind field that will send tropical-storm-force winds over the coast of North Carolina and Virginia on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Most of North Carolina\u2019s coast remained under a tropical storm warning and some portions were under a storm surge warning, as Hurricane Erin is expected to slosh the state\u2019s barrier islands with up to 4 feet of water. The Outer Banks were evacuated in advance of the storm.<\/p>\n
Parts of Virginia\u2019s coast were upgraded to a tropical storm warning as well. Bermuda remained under a tropical storm watch.<\/p>\n
The hurricane center said Erin is expected to run out of warm water soon and begin to slowly lose strength as it curves north into the frigid waters near Nova Scotia. By Monday, it should be down to a tropical storm once again.<\/p>\n
Miami Herald staff writer Devoun Cetoute contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Erin chugs its way up the Southeastern seaboard, forecasters are eyeing two other tropical disturbances in line…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[50887,49,48,84,50884,393,394,40313,2550,50883,50886,50888,50885],"class_list":{"0":"post-85543","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-bryan-norcross","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-hurricane-erin","13":"tag-mental-health","14":"tag-mentalhealth","15":"tag-national-hurricane-center","16":"tag-system","17":"tag-tropical-depression","18":"tag-tropical-disturbance","19":"tag-tropical-disturbances","20":"tag-tropical-storm-warning"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}