Lisa Strengthens Into A Hurricane Ahead Of Belize Landfall

 weather.com meteorologists

Published: November 2, 2022

Lisa has strengthened into a hurricane and is expected to strike Belize today with damaging winds, storm surge and flooding rainfall.

Hurricane warnings are in effect from the entire coast of Belize to Mexico's far southern Yucatan Peninsula, and for the Bay Islands, just north of the north coast of Honduras. This means hurricane conditions are expected today.

T​ropical storm warnings are also in effect to the north and south of the areas under hurricane warnings, as depicted in the map below.

Track, Intensity, Impacts

Lisa is expected to make landfall in Belize as a Category 1 hurricane and then weaken as it moves inland over Guatemala and southern Mexico. It could emerge over the Bay of Campeche by Friday, where it's expected to eventually dissipate.

Current Storm Info And Projected Path

Dangerous, life-threatening s​torm surge flooding and damaging winds are expected near where Lisa makes landfall along the coast of Belize and Mexico's far southern Yucatan Peninsula. The northern coast of Honduras will also see some coastal flooding, strong wind gusts and bands of heavy rain as Lisa makes its approach to Belize.

H​eavy rain is a threat with Lisa in Central America, including parts of Honduras, Belize, Guatemala and southeast Mexico. This could trigger dangerous flash flooding and landslides in areas of hilly or mountainous terrain.

Forecast Rainfall

M​artin In The North Atlantic

Meanwhile, Martin became the 13th named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season Tuesday.

M​artin may become a hurricane before it merges with a cold front and morphs into a large, intense non-tropical low south of Greenland and Iceland late this week.

M​artin is no threat to land, though large swells generated from the large, non-tropical low are expected to reach the west coast of Ireland this weekend.

Current Storm Info And Projected Path

T​his is only the third time we've had two active storms at once in November since the mid-1960s, according to Phil Klotzbach, tropical scientist at Colorado State University.

T​he last time there were two November hurricanes active at one time in the Atlantic Basin was 2001, according to NWS meteorologist Tyler Stanfield.

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