Hurricane Oscar (2024)

Hurricane Oscar was a hypothetical tropical cyclone in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. As hurricane names are assigned alphabetically each year, Oscar would have been the fifteenth named storm of the season. The formation, track, intensity, and impacts of a real Hurricane Oscar would have depended entirely on specific atmospheric and oceanic conditions present at the time.

Due to the unpredictable nature of weather systems, particularly tropical cyclones, pre-existing encyclopedic information about a hurricane that has yet to occur is limited. The naming of tropical cyclones helps in tracking, forecasting, and communicating warnings to the public. The naming convention allows weather forecasters and emergency responders to clearly identify and discuss individual storms, reducing confusion when multiple systems are active simultaneously. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) maintains and updates a list of hurricane names for each season in advance. Should the name Oscar not be used during the 2024 season (e.g., due to fewer than fifteen named storms), it will be rotated back into the list for future use, unless retired due to significant damage or loss of life caused by a particular storm bearing that name.