7:00 AM | *Gordon comes ashore in the north-central Gulf...Florence still churning over the Atlantic*
Paul Dorian
6-Day Cape Canaveral Forecast
Today
Mainly sunny, very warm, humid, slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, highs in the upper 80’s
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, warm, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lows in the upper 70’s
Thursday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, warm, muggy, maybe a shower or thunderstorm, mid-to-upper 70’s for late night lows
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
Monday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s
Discussion
The climatological peak of the Atlantic Basin tropical season comes in mid-September and this year is certainly holding true to form. There are currently three tropical systems to monitor and other systems are likely to form in coming days. Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall near the Mississippi/Alabama border region. Florence has reached major hurricane status and it is moving on a WNW track out over the open central Atlantic. There is a chance that Florence gets "captured" by an eastward-moving trough this weekend; however, if it is left behind then the evolving pattern could become quite threatening for the US east coast. Yet another system trails Florence relatively close to Africa’s west coast and it will also likely become a concern in coming days.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com