MIDWAY, FL (WTXL) -- While there are two hurricanes to discuss, only one of them is impacting the United States, including the east coast regions of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.
Hurricane Matthew is currently skirting up the east coast of Florida as a category 4 hurricane at 13 mph. Winds are sustained at 120 mph with stronger gusts. This storm is bringing with it strong winds and heavy rain to the coastal cities as it passes. Luckily, the storm is expected to weaken at a steady, yet slow, pace.
Through the weekend, Matthew will continue moving parallel to the east coast until it reaches the South Carolina/North Carolina border Saturday night. Beginning Sunday, the storm is projected to make a U-turn back into the open Atlantic and reach the Bahamas again as a tropical storm.
Local impacts from Matthew will be fairly light and insignificant when compared to the coastal cities of Central Florida. Our winds will be breezy, about 15-20 mph from the north, with the stronger occasional gust. Rain will be limited to a few pop-up showers. Closer to I-75 and further east, rain is much more likely with slightly breezier winds. Out on the water, there is a Tropical Storm Warning in effect as winds and waves are elevated.
The second storm that needs mentioning is Hurricane Nicole. This hurricane is a category 2 in the open Atlantic. Nicole's sustained winds top off at 100 mph with a southward movement of 1 mph. This hurricane is expected to have very little movement and near Bermuda by the middle of next week.
--Storm Team Meteorologist Jennifer Meyers
