If you have outdoor plans the next two days, good news: a continuation of our mostly dry and warm pattern is expected through the weekend. Spotty afternoon showers and low clouds are possible along the Atlantic coast, but will be brief and of low impact. Temperatures will trend slightly above normal, with highs in the mid […]
The recent severe weather in the Southwest, flooding in Texas, and the historic Category 5 Hurricane Patricia that is making landfall Friday night in Mexico may be a sign that these very warm waters in the eastern Pacific are already having an influence. Mike Halpert, Deputy Director of the Climate Prediction Center, said this year’s El […]
An area of showers and thunderstorms in the southern Gulf has degenerated into an open wave, and is not expected to organize into a named tropical system. The broad area of low pressure is expected to continue moving slowly northward through the weekend before being picked up by a front early next week. This front […]
We're continuing to watch a disorganized area of showers and thunderstorms near the Yucatan Peninsula as it moves into the Gulf on Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center gives the system a very low chance of organized tropical development due to land interaction and generally unfavorable environmental conditions. Even so, it has the potential to be […]
An area of disturbed weather near the Yucatan Peninsula is being monitored for possible tropical development by the National Hurricane Center and the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network. However, at this time, the chances are very low that it will become anything tropical in nature. It's also unlikely to influence the weather across the State […]
High pressure is firmly in charge across the northern two-thirds of the state, and will remain so through the weekend. Outdoor plans will be a go north of Alligator Alley through early next week. Further south, afternoon thunderstorms are possible near the Miami and Fort Myers metro areas. Temperatures will cooperate as well, with highs Saturday in the […]
Joaquin is now far out to sea, and our active weather pattern will calm somewhat through Thursday. By late week, afternoon rain chances and increased humidity return across the Sunshine State, although storms are not expected to be heavy. Here’s a look at the next three days statewide: Wednesday A lingering area of low pressure […]
A day can be a lifetime in the sensitive world of a tropical cyclone, and Joaquin made the most of Wednesday. Just a tropical storm Tuesday evening, Joaquin exploded into the season's second major hurricane Wednesday evening, packing Category 3 winds of 115 mph as of the 11pm advisory. The storm has continued its slow […]
