ATLANTA - Tropical Storm Erin developed Monday morning in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean, just west of the Cabo Verde Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) .

Advisories on Erin were issued beginning at 11 a.m. EDT.

The system is expected to strengthen over the coming days and could become a major hurricane north of Puerto Rico by the weekend. Erin is forecasted to move into the western Atlantic next week. At this time, it is still too early to know if there will be any impact to the U.S. Possible impacts should be clearer by the end of the week or weekend.

The storm formed as Hurricane Henriette continues to churn in the Pacific Ocean, far from Hawaii, according to the Associated Press . Henriette had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (129 kph) as of Monda

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