(CIMSS, University of Wisconsin)Its landfall location near San Juan de Nicaragua, Nicaragua (just before 1 p.m. Thursday), was the farthest south on record in Central America. As the Category 2 storm transited Central America, radar reveals a clear, well-defined eye from start to finish. Nicaragua radar from 5:12Z on November 24th through 8:42Z on November 25th of #Otto crossing Central America. The storm puts an exclamation mark on a busy and extremely long Atlantic hurricane season. Marshall Shepherd, weather columnist at Forbes, has a worthwhile commentary on the strangeness of this year’s hurricane season: “Alex To Otto: 2016 Was The ‘Year Long’ Hurricane Season.”

Source: Washington Post November 25, 2016 16:54 UTC