The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Eta, located inland over Nicaragua.

Tropical Storm Eta is centered near 13.8N 84.7W at 04/0900 UTC or 80 nm W of Puerto Cabezas Nicaragua moving W at 7 kt. Estimated minimum central pressure is 990 mb. Maximum sustained wind speed is 60 kt with gusts to 75 kt. Numerous strong convection is east of the center over the Caribbean from 13N-20N between 77W-83W. Scattered moderate to isolated strong convection is elsewhere from 13N-20N between 75W-89W. A faster west-northwestward motion is expected through Thursday morning. A turn toward the north, and then northeast is forecast Thursday night and Friday. On the forecast track, the center of Eta is expected to move over northern Nicaragua through this morning, and then move across the central portions of Honduras through Thursday morning. The system is forecast to emerge over the northwestern Caribbean Sea on Friday. Continued weakening will occur while Eta moves over land during the next couple of days, and Eta should become a tropical depression tonight. Rainfall will lead to catastrophic, life-threatening flash flooding and river flooding, along with landslides in areas of higher terrain of Central America. Flash flooding and river flooding will be possible across Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Panama, Costa, El Salvador, southeastern Mexico, El Salvador, Jamaica, southern Haiti, and the Cayman Islands.

Further tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.

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