Meteorologist Myles Henderson’s First Warning Forecast
More clouds and showers today. Helene will bring us rain and storms on Friday.
Scattered showers leftover this afternoon to evening. Expect mostly cloudy skies with some clearing later in the day. Highs will try to reach 80 today, near normal for this time of year.
Mostly cloudy tomorrow with a few showers possible. Highs will sneak into the low 80s.
Our rain and storm chances will go up on Friday as the outer bands of Helene stretch across the Mid-Atlantic. Rain could be heavy at times with strong to severe thunderstorms possible. Winds will kick up a bit, mainly SE at 10 to 20 mph.
Showers should clear out Saturday morning and we will see partly cloudy skies for the rest of the weekend. Highs will reach the low 80s on Saturday and upper 70s on Sunday.
Today: Scattered Showers. Highs near 80. Winds: SE 5-10
Tonight: Partly Cloudy. Lows near 70. Winds: SE 5-10
Tomorrow: Mostly Cloudy. Highs in the low 80s. Winds: SE 5-10
Tropical Update
Helene becomes a hurricane. Expected to bring life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds, and flooding rains to a large portion of Florida and the southeast.
A turn toward the north and NNE with an increase in forward speed is expected later today through Thursday, bringing the center of Helene across the eastern Gulf of Mexico and to the Florida Big Bend coast by Thursday evening. After landfall, Helene is expected to slow down and turn toward the northwest over the southeast Friday and Saturday.
Data from NOAA and Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that maximum sustained winds have increased to near 80 mph with higher gusts. Additional strengthening is forecast, and Helene is expected to be a major hurricane when it reaches the Florida Big Bend coast Thursday evening. Weakening is expected after landfall.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 25 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 275 miles.
Tracking a tropical wave located west of the Cabo Verde Islands. Environmental conditions appear favorable for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form in a few days while it moves west to WNW across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours: Medium (50%)
* Formation chance through 7 days: High (80%)
A non-tropical area of low pressure is currently located several hundred miles to the northeast of Bermuda. Environmental conditions could support some subtropical or tropical development over the next several days as the system moves generally eastward, over the open waters of central Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours: Low (10%)
* Formation chance through 7 days: Low (20%)
Weather & Health
Pollen: Low (Ragweed, Grasses)
UV Index: 6 (Medium)
Air Quality: Good (Code Green)
Mosquitoes: Very High
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