Two more named storms happened early Saturday morning (Oct. 19).
The first was Tropical Storm Nadine, which formed overnight in the Caribbean near Belize. Nadine hit land in Belize early Saturday afternoon with winds that never stopped at 50 mph.
By Sunday, the storm is expected to no longer be a tropical storm.
Oscar is the second system. It started out as a tropical storm on Saturday morning and became a hurricane by early afternoon, with winds that never stopped blowing at 80 mph.
It started near Turks and Caicos and is expected to keep moving west to southwest.
It is hurricane season in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the southeastern Bahamas, and the provinces of Guantanamo, Holguin, and Las Tunas in Cuba.
The Cuban parts of Camaguey, Holguin, and Las Tunas are under a Hurricane Watch.
Oscar won’t be able to get to the Gulf of Mexico.
Strong wind shear could make the storm go away, but by midweek, an upper-level low-pressure system could come through and pull it north over the open Atlantic.
Before the end of November, hurricane season starts. But in October, strong cold fronts from the north make it harder for tropical systems to get to the Gulf of Mexico.
