What’s going on with Hurricane Erin? Why it’s growing but also weakening

ORLANDO, FLa. – Tracking Erin has been both a rollercoaster of emotions and brain power.

The storm itself has felt much of the same over the last two days, having ballooned up to a Category 5 hurricane in the span of 18 to 24 hours, and then being punched down a few notches thanks to the environment it finds itself in Tuesday morning.

When you take a comparison of the storm over the weekend compared to where we find it now, you may ask yourself - what happened!?

Another enormous question I’ve seen across the internet is, why is it moving SO SLOW?

Let’s talk about all of that. Here's a few of the mechanisms at work messing with our once category five hurricane as it continues to trudge northward before eventually curving away from the coastline. Anticyclonic, or clockwise winds are s