September 2, 2019, PM Update – Dorian continues to be essentially stationary, just northeast of Grand Bahama Island. It has already claimed five lives in the Bahamas. Maximum sustained winds are 145 mph – a strong Category 4 hurricane. It …
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Dorian Will Be Late to Florida – Once Again
September 2, 2019, AM Update – Hurricane Dorian (now a Cat-4) is basically stalled out over Grand Bahama Island, moving slowly to the west at 1 mph. National Hurricane Center forecasters at 11am today expect Dorian to begin a very …
Dangerous Dorian Expected to Parallel Florida’s East Coast or Skim Along Just Offshore
September 1, 2019, PM Update – With Hurricane Dorian’s track continuing west it’s still unclear tonight just how close this major Category 5 storm will come to the Florida coast and whether there will be tropical storm or hurricane force …
Category 5 Dorian Coming “Perilously Close” to Florida Coast – Size and Strength Increasing
September 1, 2019, AM Update – Hurricane Dorian continued to rapidly strengthen this morning into a full-size Category 5 storm. It’s now one of the strongest hurricanes on record in the northwestern Bahamas, with sustained winds of 180 mph. The …
Tropical Storm Watches Up For Hurricane Dorian as Focus Shifts to Northern Florida
August 31, 2019, PM Update – As Hurricane Dorian creeps closer to the Florida coast, forecasts still call for the dangerous storm to turn northward at some point, but tonight the question remains whether that turn will occur soon enough …
Notable Change to Dorian Forecast – Yet Again
August 31, 2019, AM Update – While Hurricane Dorian continues to gain strength, weather forecast models are coming into better agreement that the storm will now likely steer away from Florida and head more northward toward Georgia and the Carolinas …
No Landfall Prediction Yet for Dangerous Dorian
August 30, 2019, PM Update – The National Hurricane Center late this afternoon adjusted its forecast for Hurricane Dorian to the north and east, but not significantly enough so – it’s still heading to Florida and will arrive as a …
Unpredictable “Extremely Dangerous” Cat-3 Dorian Now Forecast to Arrive Tuesday
August 30, 2019, AM Update – Dorian is now a Category 3 hurricane with landfall now predicted early Tuesday anywhere along Fla’s 500-mile east coast. The storm will slow near and after landfall, which will result in significant flash flooding …
Dorian’s Dual Threat of High Wind & Water on Track for Florida
August 29, 2019, PM Update – The 5pm update from the National Hurricane Center shows no change in Hurricane Dorian’s intensity and no appreciable change in its track from this morning’s forecast. The storm is expected to intensify over the …
Hurricane Dorian Forecast Up to Category 4
August 29, 2019, AM Update – Hurricane Dorian is still expected to become a “dangerous” storm as it approaches the east coast of Florida over the weekend. To make matters worse, new indications are that its motion will slow on …
