Hurricane Erin has officially formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, Aug. 15, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Tropical Storm Erin is continuing to move west and is forecast to become a hurricane later this week, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The chances that rain and wind from Tropical Storm Erin will hit the East Coast have risen slightly this week.

Friday morning, Tropical Storm Erin strengthened to a Category 1 storm, making it the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2025 season.

Now, a new system in the Atlantic has just become the first hurricane of the season. Formerly Tropical Storm Erin, which formed from a tropical wave off the Cabo Verde Islands, has been steadily strengthening as it moves over open water and is now officially a Category 1 hurricane as of Friday, 15 August at 11 AM ET, according to meteorologists.

The first hurricane of the season is likely to form in the Atlantic Ocean this week. This system developed into Tropical Storm Erin today but remains very far from Texas in the eastern Atlantic. Through the week,

The National Hurricane Center is predicting Invest 97L could become a tropical depression or tropical storm as early as later this morning, Aug. 11.

Tropical Storm Erin -- which is forecast to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season by Saturday morning -- won't have a direct impact on the U.S., but it will bring dangerous rip currents to the East Coast.