Tropical Storm Gabrielle forecast to strengthen into hurricane this weekend, NHC says

THE WEEKEND IS FINALLY HERE. IT’S NOT 100 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE SOME AND IT’S DRY. MARQUISE I THINK YOU’RE SERVING UP A NICE ONE TODAY. I LOVE THE OPTIMISM RADIATING OFF YOU GUYS RIGHT NOW. THE WEEKEND IS LOOKING GORGEOUS. ALMOST AS GOOD AS WE DID LOOK TODAY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, AS WE’RE BACK IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S INLAND, JUST A TOUCH COOLER ALONG THE COAST. UPPER 80S FOR YOU FOLKS. BUT AS WE CONTINUE ACROSS YOUR SEVEN DAY CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST THIS WEEKEND, WE’LL SEE THAT SUNSHINE RETURN ON SATURDAY AHEAD OF SOME FALL RAIN SHOWERS. SO A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO COMING OUR DIRECTION OUT IN DAYTONA BEACH RIGHT NOW. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN BACK INTO THE LOWER 80S. A COUPLE CLOUDS IN THE PICTURE MOMENTARILY. EVENTUALLY YOU’LL CLEAR OUT JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 70S TONIGHT. RIGHT NOW, THE WINDS ARE COMING IN OFF THE SHORELINE. THAT’S INCREASING THE MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE ATMOSPHERE, BUT IT WILL BE A DRY EVENING OVERALL IN REGARDS TO THE RAINFALL OUT ACROSS I 75. WE HAD A PAIR ACTUALLY A TRIPLET OF 86 DEGREE TEMPERATURES IN OCALA. THE VILLAGES IN WILDWOOD, INSIDE THE CITY. BEAUTIFUL. YOU’RE ROCKING 83 DEGREE TEMPERATURES HERE AT 718. AND OVER THE COURSE OF YOUR EVENING, YOU’LL SEE THOSE WINDS BEGIN TO CALM DOWN AS WELL. WITH THIS SYSTEM OF LOW PRESSURE PUSHING FURTHER TOWARDS THE EAST, OPENING THE DOOR FOR HIGH PRESSURE IN DRIER CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. BEAUTIFUL WEATHER FOR SOME FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AS THE O’GALLEY COMMODORES ARE TAKING ON THE COCOA KNIGHTS IN BREVARD COUNTY, SHOWERS ARE NO LONGER IN THE PICTURE. JUST A LIGHT BREEZE WILL BE PRESENT OVER THE DURATION OF THE GAME. ALSO, THE OSCEOLA COWBOYS TAKING ON THE JONES FIGHTING TIGERS. A LITTLE BIT BREEZY EARLY ON. WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE WIND SPEEDS JUST A MOMENT AGO. WE’VE SEEN THE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 20MPH. RIGHT NOW THEY SIT BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MILE PER HOUR CONDITIONS AND YOU’RE PARTLY CLOUDY OVER THE DURATION OF YOUR GAME AS WELL. OFF IN MELBOURNE WE DO SEE THOSE SKIES CLEARING OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURE WISE WE DROP INTO THE UPPER 70S BEFORE THE NIGHT IS SAID AND DONE, PAVING THE WAY FOR PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES EARLY ON. NOW, ALONG THE COAST, THERE’S A SMALL CHANCE FOR A FEW SHOWERS WITH THAT EAST COAST SEA BREEZE PULLING IN. WE’LL HOLD ON TO THAT SMALL OPPORTUNITY IN THE AFTERNOON. THE MAJORITY OF YOUR DAY ON SATURDAY, THOUGH, WILL BE FILLED WITH SUNSHINE UNTIL WE START TO WATCH OUT FOR THE SMALL CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS. AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST ON FUTURECAST. HERE’S THAT HIGH PRESSURE CENTER THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? ANYTIME YOU HAVE A HIGH SURROUNDING YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME FAIR WEATHER CONDITIONS. ALMOST. THINK OF IT AS A DOME BLOCKING OUT THAT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY FROM ENTERING. WINDS ARE ALSO PRIMARILY COMING IN FROM THE NORTH, AND THAT WILL KEEP YOU RIGHT AROUND YOUR SEASONAL AVERAGE, IF NOT JUST A BIT WARMER. AS FAR AS RAIN COVERAGE IS CONCERNED, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY LOOK PRISTINE. THIS WEEKEND, A 30% COVERAGE OF SHOWERS INLAND ON SATURDAY, A 20% CHANCE ON SUNDAY. UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE SWING INTO THE FIRST DAY OF FALL. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE ELEVATED AND THAT’S COURTESY OF A STALLED STATIONARY BOUNDARY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. AS WE TAKE YOU OUT TO THE ATLANTIC, OF COURSE, THE MAJOR HEADLINE THAT’S TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE, IN WHICH SOME MODELS, AS WE HEAD INTO THE START OF YOUR WORKWEEK, ARE INDICATING THIS FEATURE COULD INTENSIFY TO A CATEGORY TWO OR A CATEGORY THREE STORM. AS WE TAKE A PEEK AT THE CONE OF UNCERTAINTY. CATEGORY ONE ON SUNDAY. THAT’S SUNDAY EARLY ON IN THE MORNING. MAX WINDS AT 75MPH. BUT LOOK WHAT HAPPENS AS WE JUMP AHEAD TO THE START OF THE WORKWEEK ON MONDAY. 105 MILE PER HOUR CONDITIONS AS THE SYSTEM WILL BE JUST EAST OF THE ISLANDS OF BERMUDA. BACK HERE AT HOME, THOUGH, NO IMPACTS TO US IN REGARDS TO TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE. BUT WE SEE THAT ELEVATED RAIN CHANCE ON MONDAY TO KICK OFF THE WORKWEEK, COURTESY OF THAT STALLED STATIONARY BOUNDARY. THEREFORE, AS FALL BEGINS ON MONDAY, IT’S A 50% COVERAGE OF SHOWERS WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S. AND THE LOWER 90S WILL BE A FREQUENT SPOT FOR US BEC