Hurricane Dorian is slowly moving away from the northeastern Caribbean Sea, and is forecast to become a dangerous hurricane in a matter of days.
“Given the favorable environment of warm waters and low shear prevailing in the western Atlantic, the NHC forecast calls for a marked intensification, and brings Dorian to category 3 intensity in 72 hours,” said National Hurricane Center Senior Hurricane Specialist Lixion Avila.
Hurricane #Dorian is now moving north of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, where conditions will improve tonight. The hurricane will continue NW through Thursday night before turning WNW on Friday. pic.twitter.com/9Ti0CR3tbw
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 28, 2019The forecast brings the storm up the Atlantic east of the Bahamas, then toward the Florida coast by the ends of the weekend as a Category 3 or stronger hurricane. Landfall could occur anywhere from Miami to Jacksonville Sunday night/early Monday, but that range will narrow over the next several hours.
Here are the 5 PM AST/EDT August 28 Key Messages for Hurricane #Dorian. For more information see: https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB pic.twitter.com/uu34UdDYoW
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 28, 20194pm Wednesday NHC advisory on Hurricane Dorian... winds have strengthened slightly to 80 mph as Dorian's center is almost north of the Caribbean. Forecast path takes it to Florida's east coast as a Cat. 3 hurricane on Sunday/Monday. @WWLTV #beon4 pic.twitter.com/OGOjZ26OuP
— Alexandra Cranford WWL-TV (@alexandracranfo) August 28, 2019Residents of the Gulf Coast will also want to keep an eye on this storm and its forecast as it could become a Gulf of Mexico storm after Labor Day weekend.
