Published on August 15, 2025 at 3:23 p.m.
That’s it, it’s now done: Erin is no longer a tropical storm, she has officially become a hurricane! Its transition to hurricane status was carried out in the morning on Friday, around 11 am. It thus becomes the first hurricane of the 2025 season in the Atlantic basin.
At the end of the morning on Friday, Erin moves at a speed of 30 km/h. Its winds blow at 120 km/h. She is east of Puerto Rico, near the Small Antilles archipelago.
Normally, Erin should go through the ocean and not over the islands, fortunately for the inhabitants. However, its winds are expected to reach around 215 km/h, when it is a category 4 hurricane. Besides, according to the National Center for Hurrics in the United States (NHC), it could be possible at the start of next week.
For the moment, the storm is heading west and northwest. But within three to four days, a breakdown hollow on eastern North America should weaken it and force it to bend more north, along the American coast without touching land. Note that large waves could still be observed near the coast of Florida and the Bahamas on Tuesday. The height of these waves can be estimated at three or four meters.
Erin in Quebec?
What type of visit does Erin plan to do in Quebec? A very indirect visit, since its repercussions in the beautiful province will be less, as it intends to remain in the ocean. The system could still generate swell and dangerous currents along the coasts of the Canadian Atlantic provinces. Then, surprise: as a collateral effect of this atmospheric context, the heat could once again visit Quebec sectors towards the end of next week, possibly August 22!
Small reminder: we are getting closer and closer to the most active period of the hurricanes season, since it reaches its full potential around September 10. However, about mid-August, approximately, we can observe the formation of a new system almost every week. Interestingly, the first hurricane of the season in the Atlantic arrives normally on August 11. Erin is therefore a four -day delay. On the other hand, if it comes to become a major hurricane, therefore category 3 and more, as the forecasts suggest, Erin would then be ahead! The first major major hurricane in the Atlantic is usually hungry around September 1.
With the collaboration of Patrick Duplessis and Mathias Ponton, meteorologists.
