At 1 p.m., Category 2 Hurricane Otto has made landfall on the coast of Nicaragua near a small village. 

  • Otto expected to make landfall today 
  • Tropical Storm conditions beginning in the hurricane warning area 
  • Heavy rainfall will cause flash flooding and mudslides
  • No threat to Florida or the US
  • Hurricane Center

The center is 70 miles  south of the bigger city of Bluefields, Nicaragua.  

Otto is a very small hurricane, with hurricane-force winds extending outward only 15 miles from the center. Otto is the southernmost landfalling hurricane in Central America on record.

Hurricane season officially ends November 30. 

Make sure to watch our Tropical Updates each hour at :49.

What exactly are the spaghetti plots?
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Remember that the spaghetti model plot does not indicate the strength of a system or even development at all. It only predicts where this broad area of low pressure is expected to go.