BOSTON — As Hurricane Dorian continues to move slowly toward the coast of the United States, meteorologists are looking ahead to what the storm could bring to New England.

Those impacts could be felt in our area during Friday night and Saturday, according to WCVB StormTeam 5. 

Dorian was a Category 2 storm early Wednesday morning as it continued to batter the Bahamas with life-threatening storm surge. Florida was also getting hit with heavy bands of rain Tuesday evening.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Dorian's maximum sustained winds were near 110 mph. The storm is expected to remain a powerful hurricane during the next few days.

Dorian is moving very slowly toward the northwest at approximately 6 mph.

The National Hurricane Center extended watches and warnings from the Florida coast and northward to South Carolina. Mandatory evacuations were issued for people living in areas most vulnerable to flooding and officials in northeastern Florida are urging people to stay away from the beaches due to possible storm surge

The official track from the National Hurricane Center keeps the powerful hurricane just off the east coast of Florida, but close enough to bring life-threatening wind gusts and storm surge across the entire Southeast coast.

“As we get to Wednesday night, it will move to the South Carolina and Georgia coastline, where there are hurricane watches up, and it will be Thursday night before it brushes the Outer Banks of North Carolina,” meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon said.

Georgia's governor is urging coastal residents to flee ahead of Hurricane Dorian, citing the storm's powerful winds and uncertain path. Officials plan to turn an Interstate 16 linking the coastal city of Savannah with Macon into a one-way evacuation route Tuesday.

The long-term forecast projects Hurricane Dorian to move north and east along the Eastern Seaboard, with the cone of uncertainty showing landfall possible along anywhere from the South Carolina coastline to Delaware over the next three to four days.

Any impacts for southeastern New England would not be felt until early this weekend, based on the latest models.

"Local impacts, they will probably start up on Friday night through midday on Saturday with some rain and the best chance for winds over 50 mph on the Cape and the Islands," Fitzgibbon said.