The National Hurricane Center updated Erin from a Cat 3 at 5 AM, then to a Cat 4 by 6 AM. The center of Erin is forecast to move just north of the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico over the weekend.

Erin, the first hurricane of the season, is now a powerful Category 5 hurricane. Here's where it could head in the week ahead.

Hurricane Erin may cruise past the U.S. shoreline, but the Category 4 storm will create potentially dangerous conditions along the East Coast next week. FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross breaks it all down.

By Samuel Peters Captain Tanez Francis produced a timely knock to guide the Leeward Islands Tropical Wave to a hard-fought draw against Jamaica in their open