TRACKING THE TROPICS: Nadine forms, Oscar possible later today

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Helene began an 18-day stretch where we were consistently tracking named storms across the Atlantic.

Milton dissipated on October 12th and it has been fairly quiet for the past seven days, but now this morning we are waking to two new tropical storms: Nadine and Oscar.

Nadine poses no threat to the United States, and Oscar is a low threat to the mainland.

Yesterday, the National Hurricane Center began issuing advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone 15, which is now Tropical Storm Nadine. This was the area of interest in the western Caribbean Sea that formed on October 15.

Winds are currently sustained at 50 mph and it is close to landfall in Belize near Belize City.

This was never a threat to the United States and it will dissipate after landfall later today.

At 7 a.m., the tropical wave off Africa, which began crossing the Atlantic 10 days ago, was located north of Hispaniola and only had a 30% chance of developing into a tropical depression. By 8 a.m., that changed to 60%, and by 9:15 a.m., the National Hurricane Center issued a Tropical Weather Outlook stating it had a 90% chance of developing a tropical depression or storm. Advisories on Tropical Storm Oscar began at 11 a.m.

Tropical Storm Oscar currently has winds of 40 mph and it is moving west at 13 mph. It is expected to peak with winds of 50 mph, it is not forecast to be a hurricane.

It is expected to dip slightly west-southwest near eastern Cuba and then stall slightly before turning northeast and out to sea. Tropical storm warnings in effect for southeastern Bahamas and northeastern Cuba.

Then it will begin to curve out to sea Monday morning. The center is expected to stay several hundred miles east of the Carolinas but will parallel the Grand Strand late week. Therefore it may be a little breezy with moderate to high rip currents, but no direct impacts at this time.

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