Oscar

October surprise: Oscar rapidly forms, stuns forecasters over the weekend

October surprise: Oscar rapidly forms, stuns forecasters over the weekend

It’s not often we see a colossal failure in hurricane forecasting, but over the weekend the sudden formation of Hurricane Oscar on Saturday near the Turks and Caicos off the southeastern Bahamas was a reminder why we watch every system carefully, especially those close to land during the peak months of the hurricane season.