11:30 AM (Thursday) | **A major storm to impact Florida this weekend and much of the Southeast US**
Paul Dorian
Overview
The weather looks quite favorable this weekend for traveling purposes from the Mid-Atlantic to the Upper Midwest, but a major storm will impact Florida and the rest of the Southeast US. A slow-moving and deep upper-level low pressure system will spin from the south-central US to the northern Gulf of Mexico by later this weekend and the result will be a strong surface storm that will likely bring a widespread 2-3 inch rainfall to Florida and much of the Southeast US from Louisiana to the Carolinas.
Discussion
If your plans are to travel to Florida this weekend you might want bring an umbrella and prepare for some heavy rainfall. In addition to the heavy rain, there is the potential for severe thunderstorm activity as vigorous energy aloft will spin to a position over the northern Gulf states by the late weekend. Rain is likely to develop on Saturday in the region from Louisiana to the Panhandle of Florida and then is likely to push across the Florida Peninsula on Saturday night and Sunday. A widespread 2-3 inch rainfall is likely in much of the Southeast US and, in some spots, it may be as much as 4 or 5 inches.
Slow improvement will come on Monday and Tuesday in the Southeast US; however, NE winds will continue to be quite strong across Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas with the combination of strong high pressure to the north and strong low pressure pushing off of the SE US coastline.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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