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."
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