The NBC2 First Alert Hurricane Tracking Team is closely monitoring the movement of Hurricane Oscar.
Oscar quickly organized into a named system on Saturday morning and is bringing hurricane-force weather conditions to the Turks and Caicos and southern Bahamas for the rest of the weekend.
As of 8 p.m. Saturday, Oscar is moving west at 10 mph, with maximum sustained winds at 85 mph.
Hurricane Warnings are active for the Turks and Caicos and southern Bahamas. A hurricane watch is active for eastern Cuba.
Despite Oscar's relatively close proximity to Florida, it's important to stress that the storm is forecast to turn north across the southern Bahamas early next week and not be a direct threat to Florida.
Florida is being spared any direct impacts from Oscar thanks in part to a stalled front southeast of our state that is blocking any kind of path toward the peninsula.
The image below shows a collection of tropical weather-specific forecast models. Each line depicts where a particular model depicts the center of the storm to move over time.
The influences of the stalled front east of Florida forcing the storm to make a sharp turn is very noticeable as no data shows the possibility of the system moving toward the state.
Nadine makes landfall in Belize
In addition to Oscar, we're also tracking what is now Tropical Depression Nadine.
Nadine made landfall as a tropical storm on Belize's eastern coast on Saturday afternoon, bringing tropical storm conditions across the Yucatan Peninsula.
Thankfully for Florida, a strong ridge of high pressure over the central U.S. will keep the system moving west and well south of our state.
The late season developments of Nadine and Oscar this weekend should serve as a good reminder that hurricane season continues until the end of November.
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