GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Tropical Storm Erin has formed in the far Eastern Atlantic. It is expected to become the first hurricane of the 2025 season.

The system gradually strengthens over the next couple of days before entering into an area with less dry air and warmer waters to help fuel it. By Wednesday, Erin is expected to become a hurricane and then continue to strengthen to a major category 3 hurricane over the weekend.

The forecast challenge at this point is where does the Bermuda high steer the storm?

As of Monday morning, both of the European and American (GFS) models show the system turning north early next week before it gets to the US, heading it toward Bermuda. Keep in mind, we get much better forecast data once a depression or tropical storm forms so there may be c

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