Tropical moisture is hanging around South Florida on Monday, and we’ll be watching the tropics closely as the week progresses.  Monday features a mix of sun and clouds with passing showers and storms in the afternoon. Highs on Monday will be near 90 degrees, but it will feel at least 10 degrees hotter.
Tuesday will bring sun, clouds, and passing showers and storms.  Tuesday’s highs will be near 90 degrees.
Fewer showers and a bit more sun are on tap for Wednesday.  Wednesday’s highs will be near 90 degrees.
Thursday will feature a mix of sun and clouds with passing showers and storms.  Thursday’s highs will be near 90 degrees again.
Friday’s forecast depends on the location and strength of Dorian (or its remnants), but for now, we’ll go with some sun, more clouds, and periods of showers and storms. Highs on Friday will be in the upper 80s.
Tropical Storm Dorian is a bit stronger and better organized early on Monday. At 5 am, Dorian was located near 11.9 North, 56.4 West, about 225 miles east-southeast of Barbados. Dorian was moving west at 14 miles per hour and had maximum sustained winds estimated at 60 miles per hour. Tropical storm warnings are up for Barbados, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, and the Grenadines, and tropical storm watches are in effect for Dominica, Martinique, and Grenada. Dorian could reach hurricane strength after moving through the Lesser Antilles overnight and early on Tuesday, and it poses a threat to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti. The National Hurricane Center forecast indicates Dorian could decrease to depression strength over Hispaniola on Thursday and remain weak as it moves into the Bahamas on Friday. We’ll need to monitor Dorian very closely, because it’s likely to be very near South Florida on Saturday — the question is whether it will be a depression, an open wave, or something stronger. Whatever happens, South Florida is likely to get a lot of tropical moisture for much of the Labor Day weekend.
Elsewhere, the disturbance in the Atlantic has a high chance of making it to subtropical depression status as it moves out to sea.
