Two tropical storms expected to become hurricanes - South Florida Sun Sentinel

Tropical storms Martin and Lisa are some forecast to go short-lived hurricanes Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said, and a 3rd tempest could make by the weekend.

As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, Lisa was located 270 miles eastbound of Honduras and 385 miles eastbound of Belize City, Belize.

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Martin formed Tuesday greeting and was astir 550 east-northeast of Bermuda, moving eastbound astatine 12 mph arsenic of 11 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.

Martin’s tropical-storm-force winds extended retired 205 miles from its center.

Tropical Storm Lisa is expected to go a short-lived hurricane adjacent Central America by aboriginal Wednesday, forecasters said. (National Hurricane Center/Courtesy)

Lisa was producing maximum sustained winds of 60 mph and moving westbound astatine 15 mph. Its tropical-storm-force winds extended retired 70 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 Tuesday.

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 Martin formed Tuesday greeting successful the cardinal Atlantic and is expected to go a hurricane by Wednesday night, 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.

Neither tempest 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 2 p.m. advisory. The country has 20% accidental of processing arsenic it moves north. (National Hurricane Center/Courtesy)

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 2 p.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.