Oscar has strengthened into a category 1 hurricane with 85 mph winds. The storm is becoming better organized and will move into a modestly moist air mass, likely strengthening into a category 2 storm this evening.

It will slowly move west before curving to the northeast picking up speed out ahead of a trough. Oscar moves into an area of higher shear mid week, from there it will steadily weaken as it moves into the northern Atlantic. The storm poses no threat to any land areas, remaining well east of Bermuda.

Oscar has made the transition to a tropical storm with 65 mph winds. It will remain in an area of moderate shear and relatively warm water so strengthening is expected. It will likely become a hurricane later today.

A trough moving off the East Coast of the United States will steer Oscar to the northeast over the northern Atlantic. The system will remain far removed from any land areas. By Day 4, shear increases and Oscar will become extratropical cyclone and weaken.