Tuesday Dorian Update

Good morning. Dorian currently sits just off the coast of Florida and has started to make its turn north...

In its wake so far it has completely destroyed parts of the northern Bahamas. The storm was stalled over those islands for over a day at Cat 5 strength. 

Very sad images to see..

Lets hope we hear about some good recovery efforts down there.

The storm is now weaker but still a powerful Cat 3 with winds over 100 mph. It is expected to just track off the US coast over next few days and make potential landfall in the south...

Florida will not see  a landfall from this despite how close it is.

Areas from the Charleston to Outer banks will see the high impacts from this. There is a decent probability the storm makes landfall in that area. We will be watching this closely.

Regardless, even if the storm stays just off the coast the impacts are still going to be high.

Here is a projection of max wind gusts which gives a good idea of the track...

You can see how the hurricane wind gusts are expected to just skirt the coast. Any small changes to track can have big impacts here. 

The NHC has updated their cone...

Stay tuned, this is still a very dangerous storm and preparations need to be made now for areas in the south.