Hurricane Erin was a Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds on Monday night as it passed to the east of the Bahamas. The forecast track keeps the center of the storm well away from the U.S. East Coast this week, but tropical storm and storm surge watches have been issued for the North Carolina Outer Banks. National Hurricane Center

The National Hurricane Center announced Erin had been upgraded to a category 1 hurricane with 75 mph sustained winds on Friday morning. At this time, Hurricane Erin is not expected to directly impact the United States.

Notice the historical line that the storm has made a significant turn from heading west to almost directly north

Erin became the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season as it heads toward the Northern Leeward Islands and later Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Hurricane Erin is forecast to remain well offshore but still bring hazardous currents and possible erosion like previous offshore hurricanes before it.

As Erin continues to generate hazardous surf and coastal flooding along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States this week, AccuWeather meteorologists are closely monitoring two additional areas of potential tropical development in the Atlantic basin.