In the Gulf, Invest 98L has a low chance for development, before it moves inland over northeastern Mexico or southern Texas by late Friday. The National Weather Service in Brownsville, Texas, said regardless of tropical development, locally heavy rain and increased swells "will be a concern" along the Texas coast.

Erin was centered about 990 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands, moving west at 17 mph with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph.  “The current forecast track keeps Erin offshore, but the East Coast is not in the clear,

Tropical Storm Erin formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Monday, forecasters said. The storm could strengthen to become the Atlantic's first hurricane of the season.