Hurricane Dorian was upgraded to Category 2 strength late yesterday and was expected to continue gathering force over the holiday weekend as it heads toward Florida.

As of 11 p.m. yesterday, the storm had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, placing it just short of being a Category 3 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center reported.

The National Hurricane Center said it could hit Florida as a Category 4. That hurricane classification means sustained winds of 130 to 156 mph.

Dorian is also expected to slow down as it hits Florida. This could bring wide-spread devistation to part of the state.

Dorian was expected to remain a major hurricane through Friday and hit Florida’s east coast by Monday night.

As of last night, the hurricane was about 295 miles east-northeast of the southeastern Bahamas.