So far this year, the tropics have been rather easy to predict. The National Hurricane center has nailed many of their projected paths of storms in the past 2 months. Having said this, Tropical Storm Matthew may be a whole different story. The track of Matthew remains anyone’s guess. Although the National Hurricane Center has a projected path for the storm, it has changed quite a bit from just 12 hours ago. Computer models for the system are all over the place, and many expert meteorologists are perplexed about where the system will go in the long run.

Some computer models send Matthew inland over Central America to eventually die out. Other models send it on a loop back into the Bay of Honduras, stalling it out for a couple days. Another group of models take it on a path through the Yucatan Peninsula, and then northeast over the western tip of Cuba, and eventually into Florida sometime next week.

There has been a Hurricane Warning posted for the northeast coast of Nicaragua, as well as the eastern half of the northern coast of Honduras. A tropical storm warning is posted for the remainder of the Honduras coast, and part of Guatamala. Belize in under a Hurricane Watch.

Tropical Storm Matthew is currently packing winds of 50 Mile per hour, and is moving west at 16 miles per hour. It’s current location as of the 8 AM NHC advisory is 14.3°N 80.7°W. All interests along the Gulf of Mexico need to pay close attention to the forecast over the next 7 days.