7:00 AM | ****Major hurricane threat continues for Florida...likely timetable for arrival is later Monday into early Tuesday****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for Cape Canaveral
Today
Mainly cloudy, very warm, humid, good chance of showers and possible thunderstorms, highs in the upper 80’s
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, lows in the upper 70’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, quite warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 70’s for late night lows
Sunday
Tropical storm conditions possible later in the day or at night, quite warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s
Monday
Hurricane conditions possible, quite warm, humid, good chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s
Tuesday
Hurricane conditions possible, very warm, humid, good chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, windy, very warm, humid, still the chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s
Discussion
A serious weather situation continues to unfold for the Florida Peninsula. Hurricane Dorian is now a cat 2 storm and is churning to the northwest at 12 mph over the warm waters of the southwestern Atlantic. It will encounter increasingly favorable atmospheric and oceanic conditions over the next couple of days which will very likely result in intensification to “major” hurricane status. There will be a strong ridge of high pressure building over the western Atlantic over the next couple of days and this will result in a shift from the current northwest direction to a westerly direction and set Dorian on a path right towards the Florida Peninsula. There are some signs that the ridging to the north will weaken late in the weekend and this could lead to a last minute turn by Dorian to the northwest or north and potentially a slowing down of the storm which would raise the possibility of serious flooding and a prolonged event in Florida...continue with all preparations for a potential "major" hurricane hit.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com