Oscar 2024
AL162024 Advisory Number 14,
DISCLAIMER This is not official information or modeling, I’m just a dude on the internet. Please follow all guidance from NOAA and your local officials.
Windfield Map
- as of 2024-10-22T15:04:15+00:00
- 100px per degree
- GWAF 0.9
- No Friction
- default radius of maximum wind is 15kts
Useful Links
- NOAA Active Cyclones
- Tropical Tidbits
- https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT1+shtml/221455.shtml
- https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/145713.shtml?cone
Data Files
File List:
oscar2024_100x100.csvoscar2024_100x100.pngoscar2024_100x100.wldoscar2024_100x100_2024-10-22T150400+0000.jpeg
Official Advisory Discussion
At 1100 AM EDT (1500 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Oscar was located near latitude 22.9 North, longitude 74.1 West. Oscar is moving toward the northeast near 12 mph (19 km/h), and a faster northeastward motion is expected during the next day or two. On the forecast track, the center of Oscar will be moving away from the Bahamas later today or tonight.
Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher gusts. Oscar could dissipate later today, or merge with an extratropical low pressure system within the next couple of days.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles (165 km) from the center.
The estimated minimum central pressure is 1007 mb (29.74 inches).
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
Key messages for Oscar can be found in the Tropical Cyclone Discussion under AWIPS header MIATCDAT1 and WMO header WTNT41 KNHC and on the web at hurricanes.gov/text/MIATCDAT1.shtml
WIND: Tropical storm conditions are expected in the warning area in parts of the southeastern Bahamas today.
RAINFALL: Across the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 4 inches are expected through today. This rainfall could cause localized flash flooding.
For a complete depiction of forecast rainfall associated with Oscar, please see the National Weather Service Storm Total Rainfall Graphic, available at hurricanes.gov/graphics_at1.shtml?rainqpf.
NEXT ADVISORY
Next intermediate advisory at 200 PM EDT. Next complete advisory at 500 PM EDT.
$$ Forecaster Pasch