Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in Cuba, Nadine weakens

What started out Saturday as Invest 94L quickly became Tropical Storm Oscar before noon, then Hurricane Oscar by 2 p.m., according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oscar is still a Category 1 hurricane with 85 mph winds. Satellite imagery and radar data indicate that Oscar made landfall in the Cuban province of Guantanamo near the city of Baracoa at 5:50 p.m.

After landfall the higher terrain of eastern Cuba will begin to weak the system to tropical storm by tomorrow.

The hurricane is forecast to slow down before making a sharp turn to the north courtesy of a trough the will then steer the tropical cyclone toward the central Bahamas and then eventually back out over the open waters of the Atlantic.

Reintensification of Oscar is not expected as it then moves into an environment less favorable with more westerly shear and dry air around.

There are no impacts to Central Florida at this time.

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Nadine has dissipated over southern Mexico with the remnants expected to continue to move west to southwest eventually into the eastern Pacific.

Once in the Pacific influences from the Gulf of Tehauntepec wind event are forecast to form a new area of low pressure while off the southern coast of Mexico over the next day or so.

From there, a tropical depression is possible later the week with the system moving westward and away from the coast of Mexico further into the Pacific.

Hurricane season runs through November. The next name on the list is Patty.

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