Erin, national hurricane center
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Spaghetti models predict Erin will skirt the U.S. East Coast by hundreds of miles as it moves north through next week.
It continues to push toward the northern Leeward Islands, where tropical storm watches are now in effect as of the 8 p.m. update from the National Hurricane Center. Intensification is expected as Erin moves toward warmer ocean temperatures over the next several days.
The NHC said it currently expected Erin to become a Category 4 storm later Saturday but to eventually swerve away from the continental United States.