7:00 AM | **A very active tropical scene and the Gulf of Mexico region from Florida-to-Texas likely in the impact zone**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for Cape Canaveral, Florida
Today
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of PM 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, good chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees for afternoon highs
Friday Night
Mainly cloudy, balmy, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 70’s for late night lows
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Monday
Mainly cloudy, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Tuesday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Discussion
The 2020 Atlantic Basin tropical season has gotten off to a very busy start and a parade of systems is going to keep it busy right through the remainder of the month. There are currently two tropical systems in the Atlantic Basin which are being closely monitored and both are likely to reach tropical storm status in coming days. A third tropical wave has reached the west coast of Africa and it looks quite impressive on satellite imagery and there is yet another wave situated over the central part of Africa. A teleconnection index known as the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) that tracks an eastward-moving tropical disturbance supports the idea of increased tropical activity as we progress through the rest of August. In addition, the latter part of August is from a “climatological” point-of-view, a time of year when tropical activity tends to ramp up as sea surface temperatures climb towards their peak supporting the formation and intensification of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Basin.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com