The National Hurricane Center has named a new storm, Subtropical Storm Nicole
Subtropical Storm Nicole had formed in the Atlantic Ocean early Monday morning, November 7, with Central Florida in the cone of uncertainty.
This puts Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, and SeaWorld Orlando in the crosshairs of the storm in the coming days.
The forecast calls for severe weather to be felt in the central Florida area beginning Tuesday evening.
In Orlando, high temperatures Monday will be in the mid-80s.
Rain chances increase to 30% Tuesday when Orlando will begin to see increasing winds and late showers. before jumping to 60% Wednesday when the strongest winds will arrive through Thursday when conditions will worsen.
Late Monday morning, Nicole was 495 miles east of the northwestern Bahamas, heading north-northwest at 9 mph with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph.
Nicole is expected to take a turn toward the northwest with a decrease in forward speed later Monday. A west or west-southwest motion is forecast Tuesday through early Thursday.
Gradual strengthening is forecast during the next few days and Nicole could be a hurricane by Wednesday night while it is moving near the northwestern Bahamas. Winds of 40 mph or greater extend outward up to 275 miles to the east of the center.
On its current forecast track, the center of Nicole will approach the northwestern Bahamas on Tuesday, move near or over those islands on Wednesday and approach the east coast of Florida by Wednesday night.
