7:00 AM | **All eyes on soon-to-be Hurricane Michael and the Gulf of Mexico...could reach "major" status before making landfall at mid-week**

6-Day Cape Canaveral Forecast

Today

Partly sunny, windy, warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, highs in the mid-to-upper 80’s

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, windy, warm, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lows in the upper 70’s

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy, warm, humid, windy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s for afternoon highs

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, warm, muggy, windy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 70’s for late night lows

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, warm, humid, breezy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, warm, humid, breezy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s

Friday

Partly sunny, warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s

Discussion

All eyes are now on the tropics now as soon-to-be Hurricane Michael is heading to the open Gulf of Mexico and it could very well reach "major" hurricane status before making landfall at mid-week. The overall upper-level pattern (i.e., very strong ridging centered over SE Canada/NE US) is one that opened the door for tropical activity in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico and indeed, this system had its origins last week in the southwestern Caribbean Sea and will now move northward over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Once Michael makes landfall, it is likely to turn from the north to the northeast and should ride up along the Southeast US coastline as it interacts with a frontal system. There is the high potential for heavy rainfall from Michael in places like North and South Carolina – where they certainly don’t need any – and even a chance it’ll impact the Mid-Atlantic region later in the week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com