Ex-hurricane Erin rapidly intensified to a 160mph category 5 storm before later weakening to category 2 with 105mph sustained winds and tracking east across the Atlantic. The storm is expected to produce large breaking waves of roughly 8–16ft and life-threatening rip currents along the US east coast, where dozens of swimmers have already been rescued. The system will bring a large swell to western isles of Scotland and Ireland with potential four-to-five-metre waves, creating coastal hazards for holidaymakers. Weather will turn more changeable with possible thundery showers mid-to-late next week as temperatures briefly cool.
Mr Morgan added: It is too early for specific details about which parts of the country will see the windiest and wettest weather. What we can say is that it will gradually turn less hot and be more generally changeable. It means there could be thundery showers from Wednesday and more especially on Thursday and Friday next week at which point the weather system will officially be an ex-hurricane.
Earlier this week Erin had lost some strength from previous days and dropped to a category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105mph, the National Hurricane Centre in Miami said. By Tuesday, it was about 650 miles south-west of Bermuda. Rough ocean conditions along the US east coast led to at least 60 swimmers being rescued from rip currents on Monday at Wrightsville Beach, near Wilmington, North Carolina.
Hurricane Erin could see 16ft waves crashing into Britain in the coming days as the huge US storm moves eastwards across the Atlantic. Erin underwent a remarkable 24-hour transition from a tropical storm to a 160mph category 5 monster last weekend. It is expected to generate large breaking waves between 8ff to 16ft and life-threatening rip currents along the eastern coast of the US through Friday evening.
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