7:00 AM | ***Eta is now a category 1 hurricane and is headed towards the upper, west coast of Florida...impact to continue around here****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for Melbourne, Florida
Today
Mainly cloudy, warm, windy, still the chance of showers and thunderstorms, highs in the mid 80’s
Tonight
Tropical storm conditions possible late...Mainly cloudy, mild, very windy, occasional showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy, lows in the mid-to-upper 70’s
Thursday
Tropical storm conditions...Mainly cloudy warm, very windy, occasional showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy, mid 80’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, windy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 70’s for late night lows
Friday
Partly sunny, warm, windy, slight chance of showers, low-to-mid 80’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, warm, low-to-mid 80’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, warm, low-to-mid 80’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, warm, low-to-mid 80’s
Discussion
Eta has climbed to hurricane status (category 1) and is pushing northward along the west coast of Florida with max sustained winds now at 75 mph. Eta is likely to make landfall later tomorrow near or north of Tampa and should be in a weakening tropical storm state. There will be an impact around here by Eta from later today into Thursday with occasional showers and thunderstorms and strong gusty winds. By late in the week, a strong ridge of high pressure will drift closer to Florida and it’ll turn drier around here and the winds should relax with a weakening pressure gradient.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com