Hurricane Erin remains a powerful hurricane north of Puerto Rico. As of late Saturday night, the main change was with the intensity coming down (slightly). Additionally, the track suggested it was starting its likely turn (moving W-NW, instead of the direct westerly route it took to start the weekend).

So far, Hurricane Erin has been as strong as 160 mph, which correlates to a rare Category 5 hurricane. That happened on Saturday as the eye of the storm was compact and intensified over hot water. Looking ahead, a slower forward speed is expected as it moves along the western periphery of High Pressure. That High is weakening and models have latched onto the “outcome” of Erin taking a more northerly turn as early as Monday. The official Forecast Cone has Erin turning east of the Bahamas on

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