Hurricane Erin in Atlantic Ocean | NOAA Weather Satellite [Budget Cut Alert]
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At 11:00 AM EDT (1500 UTC), August, 21, 2025, the center of Hurricane Erin was located near latitude 35.4 North, longitude 70.9 West. Erin is moving toward the north-northeast near 18 mph (30 km/h). A faster northeastward to east-northeastward motion is expected during the next couple of days. On the forecast track, the center of Erin will move over the western Atlantic between the U.S. east coast and Bermuda through early Friday, and then pass south of Atlantic Canada Friday and Saturday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 100 mph (155 km/h) with higher gusts. Gradual weakening is forecast during the next couple of days. Erin is expected to become post-tropical on Saturday.
Erin is a very large hurricane. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles (165 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 320 miles (520 km). A WeatherFlow station at Jennette's Pier in Nags Head, North Carolina, recently measured a sustained wind of 44 mph (70 km/h) and a gust to 52 mph (83 km/h).
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The White House budget request on May 2, 2025, calls for a 24 percent cut to NOAA's budget. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has already terminated over 800 NOAA employees, raising concerns about the frequency of essential forecasting tasks like launching weather balloons. And the NOAA science budget is hit even harder. Trump proposes a 74 percent cut to NOAA's Office of Oceanic Research.
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Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/GOES-East/GOES-19
Release Date: Aug. 21, 2025
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