Hurricane Erin to bring rip currents to East Coast
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Here's a quick, easy-to-read look on the latest about Hurricane Erin, including what Florida residents should know.
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FOX 13 Tampa Bay on MSNHurricane Erin brings impacts to Florida coast, NHC increases development chances for 2 more tropical waves
Hurricane Erin is moving east of the U.S. coast as a major storm and will bring strong waves and rip currents to Florida's east coast – and it comes as the National Hurricane Center is eyeing two more tropical waves in the Atlantic.
The Atlantic basin includes the northern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of America, as the Gulf of Mexico is now known in the U.S. per an order from President Trump. NOAA and the National Hurricane Center are now using Gulf of America on its maps and in its advisories.
Forecasters are tracking three systems in the Atlantic basin, including one with a medium chance of becoming a tropical depression later this week.
This wave is so new that the hurricane center has yet to dub it an "invest," a technical term that kicks off heightened scrutiny and allows global hurricane models to pick up the system and begin issuing estimated forecast tracks.