Tropical Storm Lisa expected to become hurricane by early Wednesday, forecasters say - South Florida Sun Sentinel

Tropical Storm Lisa is expected to fortify Tuesday and go a short-lived hurricane by aboriginal Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of 8 a.m. Tuesday, Lisa was located 480 miles eastbound of Belize City, Belize, and 220 miles southbound of Grand Cayman.

It was producing maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and moving westbound astatine 14 mph. Its tropical-storm-force winds extended retired 105 miles from its center.

Hurricane watches and tropical tempest watches and warnings are successful effect successful areas of Honduras, Mexico, Belize and Guatemala arsenic of aboriginal Tuesday. Lisa volition walk southbound of Cayman Islands Tuesday, the center’s latest advisory said.

Lisa is expected to attack Central America by Wednesday. By Wednesday night, Lisa’s upwind speeds volition scope a maximum of 80 mph, making it a Category 1 hurricane. It is expected to driblet backmost to tropical tempest strength, with apical winds of 65 mph, erstwhile inland Thursday morning, the center’s latest advisory said.

Tropical Storm Lisa is expected to fortify Tuesday and go a short-lived hurricane by aboriginal Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. (National Hurricane Center)

It could bring 1 to 2 inches of rainfall to this week to portions of the Cayman Islands and eastbound Nicaragua.

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

Belize and Honduras’ Bay Islands could spot flash flooding and 3 to 5 inches of rain, with localized totals of up to 8 inches successful Belize, the National Hurricane Center said.

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The tempest presently poses nary menace to Florida.

Forecasters besides expect an country of debased unit astir 300 miles northeast of Bermuda to go a subtropical oregon tropical tempest Tuesday. The adjacent named tempest to signifier volition beryllium Martin.

There person been 2 hurricanes and 2 large hurricanes, Fiona and Ian, truthful acold this season.

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