hurricane erin, NYC and Beaches
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Meteorologists are closely tracking the projected path and forecast of Hurricane Erin, which is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year.
Forecasting a storm's intensity can be more challenging than predicting where it will make landfall. Forecast models, particularly for hurricanes, have improved, but they can still miss intensification or overstate it. Below is the intensity for Erin so far, and how experts at the Hurricane Center believe it will weaken or strengthen.
NYC's mixed weather includes slight showers, sunny days, with a hazardous weather outlook due to Hurricane Erin.
Hurricane Erin weakened to a category 3 hurricane during the early hours of Aug. 19 as it moves closer to the East Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of 5 a.m. Aug. 19, Erin was located 675 miles southwest of Bermuda and 750 miles from Cape Hatteras,