The National Weather Service has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for Orange and Osceola counties - home to Walt Disney World.
A Tropical Storm Watch means tropical storm-force winds are possible somewhere within this area within the next 48 hours.
Disney is yet to announce any operational impacts at the Walt Disney World resort but that may change as the storm approaches and forecasts become more reliable. Learn more about Walt Disney World's Hurricane Cancellation Policy.
The new advisory comes as Idalia is now forecast to become a major hurricane before it reaches the Gulf coast of Florida.
Latest forecast models suggest that Idalia will make landfall as a CAT 3 hurricane early Wednesday. Gusty winds and rain would be felt in Central Florida as early as Tuesday with the worst condition felt on Wednesday.
At 400 AM CDT (0900 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Idalia was
located near latitude 20.1 North, longitude 85.2 West. Idalia is
moving toward the north near 7 mph (11 km/h), with a continued
northward motion bringing the center of Idalia near or over
western Cuba tonight and over the extreme southeastern Gulf of
Mexico by early Tuesday. On the forecast track, Idalia is forecast
to increase in forward speed and turn north-northeastward over the
eastern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and reach the Gulf coast of
Florida on Wednesday.
Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 65 mph (100 km/h)
with higher gusts. Idalia is forecast to become a hurricane later
today and a dangerous major hurricane over northeastern Gulf of
Mexico by early Wednesday.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 70 miles (110 km)
from the center.
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