Afternoon highs are on track to approach or achieve their daily records, especially Thursday and Friday mainly over the interior and Gulf side of the peninsula.

A generally quiet week of weather is expected across Florida, despite multiple systems being watched nearby in the tropics.

Days of heavy rain has deposited more than a foot of rain in portions of Northwest Florida, but a drying trend is expected this weekend.

Several more inches of rain over portions of the western Florida Panhandle will extend the threat of flash flooding through Wednesday evening.

The drier pattern that had settled into the Sunshine State the last two weeks of September is not likely to last much longer.

Swells from Major Hurricane Sam are expected along Atlantic Beaches into the weekend as it spins well offshore.

Hurricane Sam is not expected to reach the U.S. coast, but beachgoers will feel the effects in the form of swell starting in a day or two.

Powerful Hurricane Sam is expected to stay at sea, but swells from it could reach the Atlantic beaches in time for the weekend.