South Florida’s weather is hot, drier on Saturday as Hurricane Matthew pounds the coast of the Carolinas. Our Saturday features sun and clouds, just the chance of a passing shower, and highs mostly in the low 90s in Miami-Dade and Broward and the upper 80s in the Keys and along the Gulf coast. The risk of dangerous rip currents remains high at the Atlantic beaches, and those beaches will see an elevated rip current risk into next week.
Sunday will be hot but not really humid, with highs in the low 90s in Miami-Dade and Broward and near 90 degrees in the Naples and Marco Island areas and in the Keys.
Monday will bring a touch of fall, South Florida style, with sun, clouds, and just a quick shower in spots, and highs in the mid 80s.
We’ll see more showers return on Tuesday, and highs will be in the upper 80s around the region.
Wednesday could be on the wet and breezy side, and highs will be in the upper 80s — all depending on what happens to Matthew or its remnants.
Matthew’s eyewall was lashing Hilton Head, South Carolina early on Saturday. At 5 am, Matthew was located near 32.0 North, 80.5 West, about 60 miles south-southwest of Charleston, South Carolina. Maximum sustained winds were 105 miles per hour, and the hurricane was moving north-northeast at 12 miles per hour. Matthew’s big threats are storm surge and inland flooding, which could be extremely dangerous and damaging.
Matthew’s course beyond this weekend is uncertain, with some computer models showing it accelerating away from the U.S. east coast, while the National Hurricane Center forecast “cone” still assumes that the ridge over Matthew will deflect it southward.
If Matthew is forced southward, it will weaken dramatically, to depression status or even weaker, by the time it would reach our general neighborhood around midweek. We’ll watch it, but more for the possibility of heavy downpours and gusty winds.
Elsewhere in the tropics, Tropical Storm Nicole is being torn up by upper level winds. At 5 am Saturday, it was located near 25.9 North, 65.6 West, and was moving south at 7 miles per hour. Winds were 50 miles per hour, and Nicole will continue to weaken.
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