Rip currents risk high from Hurricane Erin
IT’S GOING TO BE COOLER AND STILL PRETTY HUMID. WE’RE WATCHING THE TROPICS, THOUGH. THE LATEST HURRICANE, ERIN, IS AT A CATEGORY FOUR WITH WINDS AT 130MPH. IT IS TRAVELING NORTHWEST AT 13MPH, AND IT’S JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF TURKS AND CAICOS. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW IT. THANKFULLY, IT’S AT LEAST MISSING MANY OF THE LANDMASSES, EVEN IN THE CARIBBEAN. AND THE WORST PART OF THE HURRICANE IS ACTUALLY THE EASTERN SIDE OF IT. SO THEY’RE NOT GETTING THE STRONGEST PART OF THE HURRICANE. BUT OF COURSE, THIS IS STILL AN ISSUE WITH THE WINDS AND THE BIG WAVES AND THE COASTAL FLOODING HITTING MANY OF THOSE ISLANDS. BUT WE’RE GOING TO WATCH ERIN AS IT TRAVELS UP NORTH. IT COULD WEAKEN A LITTLE BIT AS IT TRAVELS INTO SOME COOLER WATER HEADING NORTH INTO THE ATLANTIC. IN FACT, BY THE TIME IT’S PASSING OFFSHORE THE MID-ATLANTIC, IT MAY BE DOWN TO A CATEGORY TWO, BUT STILL, THAT’S WINDS AT 110MPH. SO IT’S STILL A STRONG SYSTEM AT THAT POINT. WHAT WE HAVE TO WATCH, THOUGH, IS THE FACT THAT THIS WILL MISS THE EAST COAST, BUT STILL CAUSE SOME REALLY ROUGH SURF AT THE BEACHES. BUT THIS IS REALLY AN IDEAL TRACK FOR A HURRICANE TO TAKE, KNOWING THAT IT’S MISSING SO MANY AREAS OF LAND IT’S EVEN GOING TO MISS BERMUDA THOUGH THEY WILL GET SOME BIG WAVES WITH THAT HURRICANE PASSING BY, SO THERE MAY JUST BE SOME LIGHT SHOWERS THAT HAPPEN ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THIS THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK NEAR THE COASTLINE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE RAIN, ALSO WITH ERIN, SHOULD BE STAYING OFFSHORE. BUT WITH THAT BIG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE PASSING BY OFFSHORE, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE RIP CURRENTS FOR SEVERAL DAYS AT THE BEACHES. IN FACT, THERE’S ALREADY BEEN A DIFFERENT LOW PRESSURE THAT’S BEEN CAUSING A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. AND THEN THAT’S JUST GOING TO LINGER THE WHOLE WEEK WITH THE HURRICANE OFFSHORE. SO BE REALLY CAREFUL IN THE WATER. YOU’RE LIKELY NOT GOING TO WANT TO GO VERY FAR IN. WE’RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH THE BAY AS THAT’S SURGING UP THE SHORELINE, STAYING OFFSHORE. IT’S STILL GOING TO CAUSE A MINOR SURGE UP THE BAY AS WELL. SO AND ANNAPOLIS COULD BE ONE AREA DEALING WITH MINOR, POSSIBLY UP TO MODERATE. SO JUST ON THE LINE THERE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THURSDAY MORNING WOULD BE THE DAYS TO WATCH. WE’LL UPDATE YOU IF YOU NEED TO DO ANYTHING TO PREPARE FOR THAT FLOODING. WE’RE LOOKING AT A COLD FRONT THAT JUST CAME IN YESTERDAY, AND THAT’S WHY WE HAD THE THUNDERSTORMS. THE TEMPERATURES WILL THEREFORE BE COOLER TODAY. WE’RE IN THE 70S NOW AND THAT’S PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE’RE GOING TO STAY ALL DAY LONG. SO THE HIGH TEMPERATURES REALLY DON’T CHANGE MUCH FROM WHERE THEY ARE NOW WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S AROUND BALTIMORE AND THEN UPPER 70S OUT TOWARDS FREDERICK. IT’S GOING TO BE SUNNIER THE FARTHER YOU GO WEST TODAY. MORE CLOUDS ARE BUILDING IN THOUGH FROM THE EAST. SO WITH THE CLOUD COVER BUILDING INTO THE BALTIMORE AREA TODAY, THERE MAY BE A FEW SPRINKLES THAT BREAK OUT THERE. EVEN MORE LIKELY SOUTH OF US AND ON THE EASTERN SHORE. THERE COULD BE A HEAVY BATCH DOWN TOWARDS THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE, BUT FEW OF THESE SPRINKLES ON AND OFF THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT, EVEN GOING INTO TOMORROW. SO LOOK AT OUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST. WELL, WE’VE GOT A LITTLE GLOOMY WEATHER, BUT MAYBE IT’S A WELCOME CHANGE BECAUSE IT WON’T BE NEARLY AS HOT. WE’LL BE IN THE 70S THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT STILL FEELING PRETTY HUMID. IT’S ALSO A LITTLE BREEZY TODAY, WHICH ADDS TO A COOLER FEEL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TOMORROW A FEW MORE SHOWERS POP UP AND THEN SOMETHING ISOLATED LEFT WEDNESDAY. THEN WE HAVE DRY WEATHER AND SUNSHI
Updated: 6:10 AM EDT Aug 18, 2025
Meteorologist Ava Marie tracking Hurricane Erin’s impact in Maryland.
BALTIMORE —Meteorologist Ava Marie tracking Hurricane Erin’s impact in Maryland.
