Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Oscar is “a colossal failure in hurricane forecasting.”
Expect a high of 23 C during the day, with a humidex of 26 C UV index of 3, or moderate. At night, a low of 15 C.
The sun sets at 5:55 this evening. Clocks turn back in a week and a half.
Hurricane updates
Tropical Storm Oscar chugged toward the Bahamas Tuesday after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at least six people as it unleashed heavy rains on an island also hit by an unrelated massive power outage.
Oscar was located 75 kilometres south-southeast of Long Island in the Bahamas on Tuesday morning. It had winds of 65 km/h and was moving north-northeast at 19 km/h, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
“Oscar is at best barely a tropical storm at this time,” the centre said.
The storm made history as the smallest recorded hurricane, with a wind field of only about 10 km across. It caught many by surprise as it made landfall in Grand Inagua Island in the Bahamas on Saturday and a second landfall in eastern Cuba late Sunday.
“It’s not often we see a colossal failure in hurricane forecasting,” Michael Lowry, a hurricane specialist and storm surge expert, wrote in an analysis. He noted no models indicated Oscar would strengthen into a hurricane.
The storm hit as Cuba struggles to recover from a massive blackout that sparked a handful of small protests and a stern government warning that any unrest will be punished.
Oscar is the 15th named storm and 10th hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season, which begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted an above-average Atlantic hurricane season this year because of record-warm ocean temperatures. It forecast 17 to 25 named storms before the season ends, with four to seven major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Kristy swirled over open waters in the Pacific Ocean.