JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The latest advisory has the center of Hurricane Oscar moving toward the west-southwest near 7 mph.
A west-southwestward or westward motion at a slower forward speed is expected through tonight, followed by a turn toward the northwest and north on Monday and Tuesday.
On the forecast track, the center of Oscar will move across Great Inagua as a Category 1 Sunday morning, make landfall along the northeastern coast of Cuba later this afternoon or evening, and then move across eastern Cuba tonight and Monday. Oscar will then accelerate northeastward across the central Bahamas on Tuesday.
Maximum sustained winds remain near 80 mph with higher
gusts. Oscar is expected to reach the northeastern coast of Cuba as a hurricane later this afternoon. Weakening is expected after landfall, but Oscar could still be a tropical storm when it moves north of Cuba late Monday and moves across the central Bahamas on Tuesday.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 10 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles. The estimated minimum central pressure is 986 mb.