Nadine, which was upgraded early Saturday morning, Oct. 19, will follow a westward track in the Caribbean into Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula during the day.
"A quick strengthening process over the warm waters can allow for further intensification," according to AccuWeather.com.
An enhanced satellite image by AccuWeather above shows Nadine (far left) around the time it became a tropical storm.
Beach, fishing, small craft and cruise interests should be prepared for rapidly building surf and deteriorating weather conditions into Saturday over the northwestern Caribbean.
Another system is being tracked in the tropics north of the Dominican Republic. It's now producing an area of showers and thunderstorms.
It's marked with an X and can be viewed by clicking on the second image above.
Oscar is next on the list of tropical storm names for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs through Saturday, Nov. 30.
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