Tropical Storm Erin formed just west of the Cabo Verde Islands in the far eastern Atlantic on Monday.

The National Hurricane Center says this system skipped the tropical depression phase and named it a tropical storm based on the satellite organization.

The computer guidance is in near unanimous agreement that it will cross the Atlantic and pass between Bermuda and Puerto Rico by Friday.

Monday, Aug. 11, is actually the average date for the first hurricane of the season in the Atlantic. We’re not there yet, but long-range patterns suggest we could see one by the end of this week.

We could be talking about Hurricane Erin as soon as Wednesday. The NHC is calling for Erin to become the first major Category 3 of the season by the time it passes northeast of the Leeward Islands this weekend

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