The chances of a cyclone forming behind Hurricane Erin have increased to 70 percent through the next seven days, according to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
“Shower and thunderstorm activity has become a bit more concentrated in association with a tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Leeward Islands,” the agency said in an early-morning update on Thursday.
“Environmental conditions appear conducive for further development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form this weekend while it moves near or to the north of the northern Leeward Islands.”
If the system were to strengthen further into a tropical storm, it would be named Fernand.
“FOX Model likes the idea of at least Tropical Storm Fernand (fair-NAHN) early next week,” Noah Bergren, weekend senior meteorologist at Fox 35 Orlando said in a Wednesday post on X.
FOX Model likes the idea of at least Tropical Storm Fernand (fair-NAHN) early next week. Could be a threat to Bermuda. Should pass safely east of Florida and the U.S. east coast. Small chance could become another hurricane next week in a similar “recurving” path of #Erin. pic.twitter.com/cQPPvQm4Bp
— Noah Bergren (@NbergWX) August 21, 2025
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