This one is NOT A JOKE. It’s going to be a minimum category 4 when it hits Florida and from the looks of it, it’s going to hit the state head on. Do not play chicken with this one. If you can leave, do so.
Via WUnderground:
Hurricane Dorian continued to organize at upper levels while holding firm to its Category 1 surface winds well east of The Bahamas on Thursday evening. Dorian is expected to grow larger and more powerful over the next three to four days as it carries out a gradual arc toward the northwest and then west. It will most likely reach the Florida coast on Monday or Tuesday as a potentially devastating major hurricane, although the near- and post-landfall outlook is still cloaked in uncertainty.
Update: The National Hurricane Center upgraded Dorian to Category 2 at 11 pm EDT Thursday, with top sustained winds now up to 105 mph. “Unfortunately, I don’t see any large-scale factors that would prevent Dorian from becoming an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane during the next few days,” said NHC hurricane specialist Eric Blake in an 11 pm forecast discussion.