Dorian Headed to Canada Today; Watching a Wave in the Tropics

Dorian is still a category 1 hurricane with 85 mph winds. Eastern Canada will begin to feel impacts today as the storm quickly moves northeast at 25 mph. Dangerous storm surge and hurricane force winds will move into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, southwestern Newfoundland, and eastern Nova Scotia today. Hurricane force winds extend out 105 miles from center and tropical storm force winds extend out 310 miles. Nantucket Shoals, Massachusetts is seeing gusts of 80 mph and 51 mph gusts are occurring in Sagamore Beach.

Gabrielle is once again a tropical storm with 50 mph winds. The storm will turn to the northeast and stay out over the open Atlantic not affecting any land areas.

The tropical wave we have been watching is now several hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands. It is still a disorganized area of showers and storms. It will enter into a more favorable environment and may become a tropical depression by the middle of next week. It is heading west towards the Leeward Islands, but it will still be over a week before it impacts any land areas.

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