Ernesto became the fifth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane season on Monday. Here's where it could be headed.
Ernesto became a hurricane on Wednesday morning while moving through the Atlantic Ocean north of Puerto Rico , as forecasters had predicted. The National Hurricane Center upgraded Ernesto from a tropical storm at around 11 a.m. EDT, once its maximum sustained winds reached 75 miles per hour, and said it could become a major hurricane in the next couple of days.
Hurricane watches are issued when hurricane conditions are possible in a given area within 12 hours or so. Tropical storm warnings are issued when forecasters expect tropical storm conditions to impact an area within 36 hours.Meteorologists said tropical storm conditions, primarily heavy rain, were already happening in the warning areas by Wednesday morning and expected them to continue for several more hours.
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