Is Erin Coming to the U.S.?

And how storm chasers read wind direction to know what a storm is going to do next...

Tropical Storm Erin is sitting out in the Atlantic and is days away from any meaningful impacts to land, if it has any.

But that hasn’t stopped hype pages on social media from going all in on major impacts for the U.S. as they do with just about every storm. *Sigh*

We’ve discussed this on our social media profiles, but it is another reminder to work hard to have a good set of information on storms as we move further into hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center should always be your first stop.

Erin, Currently

Right now, Erin is a tropical storm with 45mph winds and a low center at 1006mb. It’s rather weak as it meanders slowly over a cooler patch of waters in the Atlantic.

The storm should strengthen into the weekend with it becoming a major hurricane by Sunday.

The map above does look concerning (and why some pages are really capitalizing on the clickbait), but that is because it runs to right about when the storm should make a rather sharp northerly turn. The question of when th…