As of 7 a.m. CDT Monday, the center of Category 4 Hurricane Erin was located about 115 miles north-northeast of Grand Turk Island, or 890 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., and was tracking to the northwest at 13 mph.

Hurricane Erin briefly strengthened into a Category 5 storm. It is not expected to make a direct hit on the U.S. but will create dangerous surf.

As of Saturday evening, Hurricane Erin had weakened into a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Air Force Hurricane Hunter Aircraft suggested that Erin is undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle,