Hurricane Erin is expected to bring dangerous surf and rip currents to the Jersey Shore this week as it tracks far offshore.

Hurricane Erin is still headed north, slowly powering up the Atlantic. While on average a hurricane moves at 15 to 20 mph, Erin, a Category 4 storm, has been moving at 10 mph, sometimes slower, according to the National Hurricane Center.

In fact, in over a century, no hurricane has made landfall in the Garden State. Most of the systems that make it here have been tropical storms. Since the 1960s, New Jersey has seen roughly six tropical storms every 20 years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Historical Hurricane Tracks.

New Jersey kicks off the week with mostly cloudy skies and a slight chance of early morning showers, but forecasters are monitoring a developing

A hot, humid Wednesday in New Jersey might culminate in late day rain and thunderstorms that could include flooding and damaging winds, forecasters say. Any storms that form late this afternoon and evening will be slow-moving but mostly wind down before midnight, the National Weather Service said in its morning forecast discussion.

Hurricane Erin, now a Category 4 storm, is not making landfall but is already sending dangerous surf and rip currents from Florida to New England. The massive storm gained strength […] The post Hurricane Erin Isn’t Hitting Land—but It’s Already Causing Chaos from Florida to New York appeared first on Baller Alert.

FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross breaks down the latest storm conditions of Hurricane Erin, as the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center has placed the Outer Banks of North Carolina under a tropical storm and storm surge watch for the area.