Now that Erin is long past our coastline, the National Hurricane Center continues to monitor two additional hot spots.
The first is Invest AL90, satellite images and Air Force Reserve aircraft reconnaissance data indicate that an area of low pressure about 400 miles south- southeast of Bermuda continues to get better-defined, and recent satellite-derived winds indicate that the low pressure area has gale-force winds east of the center.
This system is expected to become a tropical storm this afternoon or evening, with further intensification likely through Sunday while the low moves northward at 10 to 15 mph over the southwestern Atlantic.
The next named storm will be Fernand.
The second spot is an area of showers and thunderstorms in association with a tropical wave located about 650 miles east of the Windward Islands.
Some development of this system could occur during the next couple of days while the system moves quickly westward at about 20 to 25 mph.
Locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds are possible across portions of the Windward Islands as the system moves through on Sunday and Monday.
By Tuesday, conditions over the central Caribbean are expected to be unfavorable for further development.