While the U.S. will be spared a landfall from monster Hurricane Erin, the impacts will be felt up and down the East Coast throughout the week with life-threatening coastal conditions, rip currents and big waves.

Hurricane Erin formed early Friday, Aug. 15, marking the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Here's what to expect in NC.

Hot and humid with a chance of scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon and early evening hours. The beaches will continue to see life-threatening and dangerous rip currents from Hurricane Erin, which re-strengthened into a dangerous Category 4 storm out in the Atlantic.

Rip currents are the third leading cause of deaths from hurricanes, and they can happen on a sunny day hundreds of miles from the storm.

Hurricane- and tropical-storm-force winds now extend up to 80 and 230 nautical miles from the eye, respectively. Erin’s eyewall has also grown and is now about 30 nautical miles in diameter, according to the National Hurricane Center.

This week’s weather across the Florida peninsula will remain fairly typical for August, even with a major hurricane moving through the Atlantic. A weak high-pressure system in the upper atmosphere continues to dominate the area,

Hurricane Erin became the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season on Friday, with sustained winds of 75 mph as it moves toward the Leeward Islands.

Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day, the National Hurricane Center said.