Hurricane Dorian will be 'very big' storm, Trump says, as Floridians prepare for potential Category

A strengthening Hurricane Dorian is churning over the warm, open waters of the Atlantic on Thursday as forecasts show the storm becoming more dangerous as it takes aim at Florida's east coast over Labor Day weekend. The track prompted President Trump to warn Dorian "will be BIG!"The National Hurricane Center said as of 5 a.m. EST, Dorian is a Category 1 storm with sustained winds near 85 mph and it is moving northwest at 13 mph, located about 140 miles north-northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Forecasters believe the storm will strengthen into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane while staying well east of the southern and central Bahamas before making a turn towards Florida by Sunday afternoon.  The forecast track of Hurricane Dorian. (Fox News) "Hurricane Dorian looks like it will be hitting Florida late Sunday night," Trump tweeted Thursday morning. "Be prepared and please follow State and Federal instructions, it will be a very big Hurricane, perhaps one of the biggest!" TROPICAL STORM DORIAN'S PATH: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Dorian is still "a long ways away" from eventually hitting the Florida coast, which gives residents across the area "plenty of time" to prepare, according to Fox News meteorologist Adam Klotz.  Hurricane Dorian can be seen in this satellite photo. (NOAA) "No matter where this ultimately goes, it does look like it’s going to land along the Florida coast but it's running over warm water and it’s going to continue to intensify," Klotz said on "Fox & Friends." Moving over those warm waters near the Bahamas will allow Dorian to continue to strengthen and, by Friday or Saturday, the storm will be a Category 3 with sustained winds between 111 and 129 mph off the Florida coast. The storm will likely make landfall sometime Monday, Klotz said.The potential impact of Hurricane Dorian WeatherBELL.com meteorologist Joe Bastardi says he fears Dorian could become a major hurricane. Category 3 hurricanes bring the possibility of "devastating damage," according to the NHC. "So somewhere from Miami, stretching all the way up to Jacksonville, we're going to keep watching this one as it gets r and r over the course of this holiday weekend," he said on "Fox & Friends." FLORIDA BRACES FOR IMPACT AS HURRICANE DORIAN NEARS The storm was a Category 1 hurricane Wednesday when it swirled through the islands of the northeastern Caribbean, causing power outages and flooding in some areas, but doing no major damage in places such as Puerto Rico. "Puerto Rico is in great shape with Hurricane Dorian taking a largely different route than anticipated," Trumps said on Twitter Thursday morning. "Thank you to FEMA, first responders, and all, for working so hard & being so well prepared. A great result! The bad news, Florida get ready! Storm is building and will be BIG!" Dorian caused an islandwide blackout in St. Thomas and St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and scattered power outages in St. Croix, government spokesman Richard Motta said. The storm also

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