As it heads toward Hawaii, Tropical Storm Erick expected to become a hurricane

Now more than 1,000 miles southwest of Baja California, Tropical Storm Erick will likely strengthen into a hurricane by Monday, forecasters said Sunday.

The National Hurricane Center said maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph, and should Erick become a hurricane as expected, it will continue picking up steam through Tuesday. While Erick appears to be headed toward Hawaii, it's still "almost a week out, so there's a lot of uncertainty on the exact track," Accuweather senior meteorologist Alan Reppert told USA Today. "Any slight change in that track could really affect any rainfall we see in Hawaii."

There's another tropical depression behind Erick, Tropical Storm Seven-E, which was off the southern coast of Mexico on Sunday morning. Going about 21 miles per hour west-northwest, it is also expected to become a hurricane sometime in the next few days.

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