7:00 AM | **Hurricane "Delta" a major threat to the north-central Gulf coast**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for Melbourne, Florida
Today
Mostly sunny, quite warm, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, highs in the mid-to-upper 80’s
Tonight
Partly cloudy, mild, muggy, lows in the upper 70’s
Thursday
Mainly sunny, quite warm, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, mild, mid 70’s for late night lows
Friday
Mainly sunny, quite warm, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, quite warm, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, quite warm, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, quite warm, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s
Discussion
During the past 24-36 hours, Hurricane “Delta” has undergone rapid intensification – the most extreme for an October tropical cyclone since “Wilma” in the super-charged year of 2005. Hurricane “Delta” is now pounding the northeastern part of the Yucatan Peninsula region of Mexico. After that, “Delta” may make a direct hit on the north-central Gulf coastal region (e.g., southwestern Louisiana) by late Friday or so and then take a turn to the north and east once inland with significant rainfall in the Deep South and Tennessee Valley – perhaps even bringing some late weekend rainfall all the way to the Mid-Atlantic region.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com