Fiona rides a little farther south, which bears a bit closer watching long-term.
Scattered showers & storms look to peak today, and then decline as we work our way through the weekend. Outdoor plans need not be canceled, but may have to be paused from time to time. Stay weather aware and navigate the action using our free FOX 26 Weather App. Then, get ready for a big time warmup as we head into next week. Fiona riding a little farther south, which bears a bit closer watching long-term.
While a southward jog of ~70 miles may not seem like a big deal for a storm that is ultimately still over 1,000 miles away from the continental U.S. east coast, it can make much more of a difference in the overall outcome long-term.So far, the official forecast cone from the NHC has shifted slightly farther south in the short-term including a new Tropical Storm warning for the island of Dominica. Models are still struggling a bit to resolve that southward jog short term.
Some model runs Thursday hinted toward this more south/westward track, which really isn't a surprise given the overall disorganized structure of the storm. Back to why disorganized storms don't tend to gain latitude. They aren't strong/tall enough to get steered by upper-level winds. So their flow tends to go around more dominant nearby features, which in this case is the Bermuda high.
What do the land interactions do to the system? Does it emerge north of Hispaniola and re-strengthen some? Does the timeline of everything else mentioned above work out in tandem to sweep it out to sea?
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