Within 72 hours, Tropical Storm Nadine made landfall in Belize, dissipated over Mexico, and then reformed to strengthen into Hurricane Kristy.

The storm marks a name on both the list of 2024 Atlantic hurricane seasons and the list of Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons. A true crossover storm retains its name even as it moves over land and into another ocean, AccuWeather meteorologist Isaac Longley said Newsweek that Nadine had weakened to the point where the storm was no longer considered a tropical storm.

“This is not a true crossover storm,” Longley said, adding that such events are rare because the Central American mountains typically break up the storm system before it can enter the ocean. “It would have to maintain tropical storm intensity.”

The remnants of Nadine regrouped on Monday and officially became Hurricane Kristy on Tuesday afternoon. The storm then rapidly intensified and quickly developed into a major hurricane. As of Wednesday evening, Hurricane Kristy was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph, just 2 mph less than a Category 5 hurricane.

Despite its ominous strength, Kristy is expected to remain offshore and dissipate over the Pacific Ocean early next week.

“Kristy is moving westward at approximately 20 mph (31 km/h) and this movement is expected to continue through Thursday. A gradual turn toward the west-northwest and northwest is expected on Friday and into the weekend,” the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest forecast.

Although the storm is not expected to have a direct impact on the country, Meteorologists warned that deadly rip currents are likely to hit Baja California later this week.

The forecast comes just days after the NHC announced Saturday afternoon that Tropical Storm Nadine would make landfall in Belize. The storm then weakened into a tropical depression as it moved over Guatemala before dissipating over Mexico on Sunday.

The last NHC update for Nadine was on Sunday morning. The first warning for Hurricane Kristy, then a tropical storm, was issued Monday afternoon as the storm formed “well south of Mexico.”

Tropical Storm Nadine was the 14th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, and Hurricane Kristy is the 11th named storm of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season.

As of Wednesday evening, Kristy is the only storm monitored by the NHC in the eastern Pacific. Meanwhile, the NHC said no tropical cyclone activity is expected in the Atlantic for at least the next seven days. However, AccuWeather meteorologists are eyeing an area of ​​potential development in the western Caribbean. Should a storm form, it will likely occur between October 29th and November 2nd. His trail will likely remain away from the United States.