Monday midday tropical update: Hurricane Eta expected to become a major category-4 storm

Hurricane Eta is now a major Category 3 hurricane in the Caribbean Sea. It will likely continue to rapidly intensify into a Category 4 hurricane by Monday night.

Landfall is expected in Nicaragua on Tuesday with 140 mph winds. This will bring incredible wind, devastating storm surge and torrential rains to Central America as Eta slowly moves over the mountainous terrain. The mountains could cause Eta to dissipate, so we will watch for this to happen.

Forecast models are showing either Eta's circulation or a piece of the circulation will move back into the Caribbean next weekend and redevelop. The models are uncertain as to where this new circulation will go. They range from the Caribbean to southeast Gulf of Mexico to crossing Cuba and going out into the Atlantic.

[lesteraleman]

I'm in Leon city, pacific side of Nicaragua, it is 4:50 PM and is dark and raining, I already got my beers.

[ardalla]

Eye is passing over Miskito Cays now. There are small fishing villages there and they are undoubtedly wiped out. I hope the island was evacuated. Nobody could survive this. This island is right at sea level.

[mrsmjones]

Once eta comes out onto the Caribbean seas after making landfall, I reckon eta is either going to make landfall in Cuba, then Florida OR into the gulf and it will slam into eastern Louisiana.

[KellySmith]

Let's hope it doesn't head towards Mississippi/Louisiana. I just came in from cutting trees, gathering limbs and cleaning up after Zeta.

[jslinifykyk]

What is up with these hurricanes this year in 2020 there hittin it!

[eugenereede]

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[palo]

Is it going to hit hard in Belize city

[ridefulls]

150mph they are calling 5mph off a cat 5

[JamieRobles]

Notice that our nice weather lady is not very happy about the prospect of going any further into the Greek Alphabet. I don't blame her.

[hogslammin]

Okay so lets let the UN know that these people down there are going to need some help afterwards.

[khloenicole]

Uh ohh. I live in Florida. We went through Irma. It’s heading our way

[truthtellerbelievethat]

Then next week they'll say its headed to Louisiana like the others smh

[joshuavildor]

It may be unlikely that a hurricane season will run into the Greek alphabet in the coming years but will Greek names be retired if a storm Greek name bearing storm causes catastrophic damage and death?

[nate]

Sorry UK china amazon stuff gonna be late.