All Rights Reserved. The hurricane will move dangerously close to Floridaâs east coast tonight through Wednesday night.Dorian has been stationary much of the day. As of the latest forecast, Dorian is now about 25 miles northeast of Freeport, Grand Bahama and … This wind shear, combined with its northerly movement, will keep the strongest wind on the east side of the center.
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Hurricane Dorian was an extremely powerful and devastating Category 5 Atlantic hurricane, that became the most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the Bahamas, and is regarded as the worst natural disaster in the country's history.
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Dorian is seen hovering over the Bahamas in an NOAA GOES satellite image taken Monday.
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For The Tampa Bay Area, we are just expecting some gusty showers on Tuesday.
Download it here.Here are the latest developments in the battle against the spread of the coronavirus in the Bay Area.Sign up for our free email newsletter with the latest coronavirus headlines, along with other news and weather around the Bay.In these trying times, community is everything. As it feels the influence of the trough, wind shear will increase so Dorian is expected to weaken somewhat. Once Dorian passes those locations the wind will shift to offshore quickly, allowing the water to recede.
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This will finally allow Dorian to move northward.There is still some minor uncertainty as to how far west with Dorianâs current NW movement the hurricane can get before taking on a more northerly move by later Tuesday.
After that time, the models are in general agreement that the ridge to the east and trough to the north will amplify. This change in the steering pattern should cause Dorian to move a little faster to the north on Wednesday and to the northeast on Thursday and Friday. Some wind gusts, especially farther east in Polk County, may reach 40 mph, but most areas should remain below tropical storm force.
As of the latest forecast, Dorian is now about 25 miles northeast of Freeport, Grand Bahama and about 105 miles off West Palm Beach.
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The storm surge will be found in areas along the coast while the east or northeast wind is occurring.
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Right now it looks like widespread tropical storm force winds (39-73 mph) will be felt on the East Coast with some isolated Hurricane Force winds (74+) The highest wind threat will be where the land juts out a bit around Cape Canaveral, for example.
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© 1998-2020 Charter Communications. The stall or very slow movement over the last 24 hours will begin to end as Dorian will feel the influence of the weakness in the area of high pressure combined with the trough moving across the Eastern United States.
Our team of reporters and This weak flow should result in a very slow and likely erratic northwest drift through at least early Tuesday.
Download it here.Here are the latest developments in the battle against the spread of the coronavirus in the Bay Area.Sign up for our free email newsletter with the latest coronavirus headlines, along with other news and weather around the Bay.In these trying times, community is everything. Good afternoon everybody we're having an update here on Hurricane Dorian meteorologist Maria chief meteorologist Mike beside me a lot of questions regarding the storm like in the storm continues to intensify and as of the latest advisory looking at a high end category two storm winds there a hundred and 10 miles per hour but my microphone on that will help you There you go.
The reason the cyclone has moved very little is because it is caught in weak steering currents between high pressure ridges to its east and northwest and a trough to its north.
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The worst of it would be between 4-7 feet.Following Dorianâs move northward to the east of Florida, it will continue to be picked up by the trough and accelerate NE along the SC/NC coast before heading out into the Atlantic later in the week.We will provide continuous updates and live reports on our social media sites. View satellite maps, hurricane advisories, photos and videos.