5:00 AM | **Major Hurricane Florence headed towards the Carolina coastline**
Paul Dorian
6-Day Cape Canaveral Forecast
Today
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, highs in the upper 80’s
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, warm, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lows in the mid 70’s
Wednesday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, warm, muggy, maybe a shower or thunderstorm, mid-to-upper 70’s for late night lows
Thursday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s
Friday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s
Discussion
Hurricane Florence has rapidly intensified over the past 24 hours from category 2 status to “major” category 4. As Florence moves over very warm waters over the next couple of days, it should remain as a “major” hurricane and a climb to category 5 status is not out of the question. All signs continue to point to a WNW track for Florence over the next few days with a possible landfall late Thursday/early Friday along the Carolina coastline. Once Florence reaches the Carolinas, it’ll run into an “atmospheric road block” as very strong high pressure ridging is setting up to the north across the northwestern Atlantic and southeastern part of Canada. As a result of the slow down, Florence is likely to generate tremendous amounts of rainfall in the Carolinas and perhaps into at least parts of the Mid-Atlantic region (e.g., Virginia) over an extended period of time.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com