7:00 AM | **"Major" Hurricane Michael to make landfall later today in Florida's Panhandle**
Paul Dorian
6-Day Cape Canaveral Forecast
Today
Mainly cloudy, windy, warm, humid, showers and thunderstorms likely, some of the rain can be heavy at times, highs in the mid-to-upper 80’s
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, windy, warm, muggy, showers and thunderstorms likely, some of the rain can be heavy at times, lows in the upper 70’s
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, very warm, humid, windy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly cloudy, warm, muggy, windy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 70’s for late night lows
Friday
Mainly sunny, warm, humid, breezy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, warm, humid, breezy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s
Monday
Mainly cloudy, warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s
Discussion
Hurricane Michael should make landfall later today in the Florida Panhandle as a “major” hurricane as it continues to slowly intensify in an overall favorable environment and moves over very warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Once landfall is reached, Hurricane Michael will become increasingly influenced by an approaching upper-level trough over the middle of the country and will turn from a northerly direction to a northeasterly track and ride up along the Southeast US coastline. Heavy rain and strong winds with hurricane-force gusts will extend from the Gulf coast to the Carolinas which is already a rain-soaked region thanks to the stalled out Hurricane Florence of last month.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com