Hurricane Lisa headed toward Belize; Martin also forecast to become hurricane - South Florida Sun Sentinel

Hurricane Lisa developed successful the Caribbean arsenic the tempest churned toward Belize connected Wednesday, portion Tropical Storm Martin is besides forecast to go a short-lived hurricane.

And, the National Hurricane Center advisory says a 3rd tempest could make by the weekend.

As of 8 a.m. Wednesday, Lisa was located 100 miles east-southeast of Belize City and 60 miles eastbound of Honduras implicit the northwestern Caribbean.

Lisa was a Category 1 hurricane producing maximum sustained winds of 75 mph and moving westbound astatine 15 mph. Its tropical-storm-force winds extended retired 70 miles from its center.

Martin was astir 575 east-northeast of Bermuda arsenic of 5 a.m. Martin is expected to go a hurricane by Wednesday nighttime earlier transitioning to a almighty extratropical strategy connected Thursday, according to the center’s latest advisory.

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Martin was producing maximum sustained winds of 65 mph arsenic of 5 a.m., moving east-northeast astatine 15 mph. Its tropical-storm-force winds extended retired 115 miles from its center.

Hurricane watches and tropical tempest watches and warnings are successful effect successful areas of Honduras, Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.

Hurricane Lisa developed successful the Caribbean arsenic the tempest churned toward Belize connected Wednesday. (National Hurricane Center)

Lisa could bring 1 inch of rainfall to this week to portions of the Cayman Islands and eastbound Nicaragua.

Jamaica, Mexico’s eastbound Yucatan Peninsula, bluish Honduras and Guatemala could spot 2 to 4 inches of rain, with up to 6 inches successful localized areas.

Belize, Honduras’ Bay Islands, bluish Guatemala and portion of southeastern Mexico could spot flash flooding and 4 to 6 inches of rain, with localized totals of up to 10 inches, the National Hurricane Center said.

Neither Lisa nor Martin poses a menace to Florida.

Forecasters are besides monitoring a 3rd imaginable storm, an country of debased unit successful the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The country could determination into the eastbound Caribbean and make implicit the weekend, the hurricane halfway said successful its 8 p.m. advisory. The country has 20% accidental of processing arsenic it moves northbound implicit the adjacent 5 days. (National Hurricane Center)

Forecasters are besides monitoring a 3rd imaginable storm, an country of debased unit successful the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The country could determination into the eastbound Caribbean and make implicit the weekend, the hurricane halfway said successful its 5 a.m. advisory. The country has 20% accidental of processing arsenic it moves north.

There person been 2 hurricanes and 2 large hurricanes, meaning Category 3 oregon above, truthful acold this season.

NOAA has predicted betwixt 2 and six much hurricanes to signifier earlier hurricane play officially ends connected Nov. 30.

The adjacent named tempest to signifier volition beryllium Nicole.