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.
Today Nadine made landfall in Belize as a tropical storm. It produced winds of 50 mph, bring gusty winds, and torrential rainfall to the area. Flash flooding has been occurring in the area.
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.
This afternoon Hurricane Oscar formed. It rapidly intensified this morning as it found a very favorable pocket of air to develop. Oscar as of 5 pm is producing 85 mph sustained winds. Pressure at 987 mb. Oscar is moving west at 10 mph, but is expected to move southwest this evening…