Tuesday, Aug 12 update from the NHC: Latest on Tropical Storm Erin

Published Aug 13, 2025

Article first published: Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, 4 a.m. ET

Article last updated: Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, 10 p.m. ET

System type: Tropical storm

System name: Erin

As per the National Hurricane Center’s 10 p.m. Tuesday update, Tropical Storm Erin is in the Atlantic Ocean, 1,520 miles east of the Northern Leeward Islands. Packing maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, it is tracking west at 20 mph.

Erin is forecast to change into a hurricane.

Source: National Hurricane Center