7:00 AM (Wednesday) | *****Hurricane Dorian to parallel the northeast coastline of Florida today on its way towards the Georgia and Carolina coastlines*****

6-Day forecast for Cape Canaveral

Today

Tropical storm conditions expected, very warm, humid, occasional and thunderstorms, highs in the mid-to-upper 80’s

Tonight

Tropical storm conditions possible, mild, muggy, occasional showers and thunderstorms, lows in the upper 70’s

Thursday

Mainly sunny, windy, hot, humid, low-to-mid 90’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night

Mainly clear, windy, mild, muggy, upper 70’s for late night lows

Friday

Mainly sunny, breezy, still very warm, humid, lower 90's

Saturday

Mainly sunny, quite warm, humid, near 90 degrees

Sunday

Mainly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees

Monday

Mainly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s

Discussion

Hurricane Dorian is now about 90 miles east of Daytona Beach, moving to the NNW at 8 mph with max sustained winds at 105 mph (category 2). It will parallel the coastline through the morning hours and then begin a turn to the north and develop a higher forward speed later today and tonight on its way towards the coastlines of Georgia and the Carolinas. The threat for additional beach erosion is high; especially, to the north of Cape Canaveral and tropical storm force winds are likely in squalls and perhaps even hurricane force winds in Volusia County. The threat for damage to trees and power lines is still high today and torrential downpours can cause ponding in poor drainage areas. By later tomorrow, Hurricane Dorian will head right over the Outer Banks of North Carolina and will begin to be influenced by an upper-level trough of low pressure pushing southeast across the Great Lakes. As a result, Hurricane Dorian will begin to accelerate to the northeast and should slide well east of the Mid-Atlantic region tomorrow night and Friday.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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