Orlando weather: Tropical Storm Imelda to bring dangerous impacts to Florida coast

ORLANDO, Fla. - The FOX 35 Storm Team has designated Monday as a Weather Impact Day, as Tropical Storm Imelda moves north, parallel to Florida's East Coast, bringing multiple rounds of waves and rain.

Here's a look at what to expect from the weather on Monday evening, as well as a look ahead to the rest of the week. 

What will the weather look like tonight? 

What To Expect:

Even though Tropical Storm Imelda isn't making landfall in the United States, we'll still feel impacts. 

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When it comes to the timing, the worst conditions will take place late Monday afternoon and evening, lasting into the overnight. 

Winds will really ramp up Monday evening and into overnight as Tropical Storm Imelda makes its closest pass to Florida. 

Waves of rain will continue into the predawn hours of Tuesday morning.

What will the weather look like for the rest of the week?

Looking Ahead:

As Tropical Storm Imelda is pulled away from shore, a lot of tropical moisture will get pulled away to the north and east, as well. 

This means lower humidity and chances of rain will take shape through midweek, giving way to a brief but pleasant stretch of weather until roughly Wednesday. 

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Rain and storm chances will gradually pick back up towards the end of this week and into the weekend. The rip current risk will remain high for much of the week, along with wave heights remaining higher than normal through roughly Thursday and possibly Friday.

Tracking Tropica Storm Imelda

Dig deeper:

The National Hurricane Center said at 5 p.m. that the storm was about 90 miles north of Great Abaco Island and about 205 miles east-southeast of Cape Canaveral, Florida. Imelda had maximum sustained winds near 65 mph and was moving north at 9 mph.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 175 miles, primarily east of the center. The estimated minimum central pressure of the storm is 986 mb.

On Tuesday, the NHC says Imelda is expected to turn sharply to the east-northeast. 

On the forecast track, the center of the system is expected to move across the northwestern Bahamas Monday and then turn east-northeastward, moving away from the southeastern U.S. by the middle part of this week.

Gradual strengthening of Imelda is forecast, and the storm could become a hurricane on Tuesday.