Hurricane Oscar to hit Cuba before bouncing back into Atlantic as a tropical storm Monday

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The most recent advisory has the middle of Hurricane Oscar shifting towards the west-southwest close to 7 mph.

A west-southwestward or westward movement at a slower ahead pace is predicted by means of tonight, adopted by a flip towards the northwest and north on Monday and Tuesday.

On the forecast monitor, the middle of Oscar will transfer throughout Nice Inagua as a Class 1 Sunday morning, make landfall alongside the northeastern coast of Cuba later this afternoon or night, after which transfer throughout japanese Cuba tonight and Monday. Oscar will then speed up northeastward throughout the central Bahamas on Tuesday.

Most sustained winds stay close to 80 mph with increased
gusts. Oscar is predicted to achieve the northeastern coast of Cuba as a hurricane later this afternoon. Weakening is predicted after landfall, however Oscar may nonetheless be a tropical storm when it strikes north of Cuba late Monday and strikes throughout the central Bahamas on Tuesday.

Hurricane-force winds lengthen outward as much as 10 miles from the middle and tropical-storm-force winds lengthen outward as much as 45 miles. The estimated minimal central stress is 986 mb.