7:00 AM | ****Tropical Storm Isaias likely to have a significant impact on the Bahamas and Florida later this weekend****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for Cape Canaveral, Florida
Today
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, highs near 90 degrees
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, balmy, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lows in the mid-to-upper 70’s
Friday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees for afternoon highs
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, balmy, muggy, slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 70’s for late night lows
Saturday
Mainly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees; Tropical Storm conditions possible Saturday night
Sunday
Tropical Storm conditions possible…Mainly cloudy skies, very humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s
Monday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Tuesday
Partly sunny, hot, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Discussion
The 2020 Atlantic Basin tropical season has gotten off to an active start with nine named storms including the latest...Tropical Storm Isaias. Tropical Storm Isaias has pounded away at Puerto Rico in the overnight hours and will come close to the island of Hispaniola later today into tonight. After that, the tropical system may very well have a significant impact on the Bahamas and Florida during the upcoming weekend. Its intensification prospects will likely be limited in the near-term as it interacts with the mountainous terrain of Hispaniola, but it could re-intensify as it pushes towards the Bahamas and Florida this weekend. By early next week, the tropical storm could begin to take a more northerly track as it interacts with an unusually strong upper-level trough that will be digging into the south-central US and slowing down. As a result, its moisture field could very well ride up along the eastern seaboard in the early part of next week - potentially resulting in a significant rain event all the way from Florida to the Northeast US.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com