According to the CDC, more than 1,000 Americans die due to excessive heat every year. To decrease this statistic, the NWS, NOAA and the CDC have collaborated to provide communities across the country with more information regarding excessive heat forecasts. This week a nation-wide Heat Risk Product was released to the public. The experimental NWS […]

Already this summer, the eastern US has experienced dangerously hot weather. Just this week, nearly 160 million citizens were under some kind of heat alert Tuesday. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is the government agency that keeps track of heat related deaths and illnesses, and the numbers are rising. In 2022, there were […]

Today: Sun and clouds. Hot and humid. High 92 with a heat index near 100. Scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. A few storms could be be strong. Tonight: A stray shower early, then partly cloudy skies. Low 72.

In the United States, there is an average of 20 lightning deaths every year. All these deaths are preventable. Florida is known as the lightning capital of the nation. We are accustomed to the summer thunderstorms that typically bring hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of lightning strikes. But storms can happen any time during the year, […]

Tonight: An evening shower or thunderstorm is possible then partly cloudy skies overnight. Mild. Low: 71. Friday: Mostly sunny and hot. Scattered late afternoon thunderstorms. Some could be strong. High: 92. Friday night: Showers and thunderstorms possible before midnight. Becoming partly cloudy overnight. Low: 72.

Today: Mostly sunny and hot. High 93. Heat index near 100. Scattered afternoon thunderstorms. A few storms could be strong. Tonight: A few showers and thunderstorms lingering, otherwise skies mostly cloudy. Low near 70. Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, hot, and humid. High 92 with a heat index near 102. Scattered afternoon thunderstorms.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. A shower or thunderstorm is possible near sunrise. Low: 73. Thursday: Mostly sunny and hot. Afternoon showers and thunderstorms are likely. High: 96. Thursday night: Evening showers and thunderstorms likely then partly cloudy. Low: 72.

Severe weather is expected on Wednesday across the panhandle in parts of North Florida. At the same time, Thursday becomes a bit more active with isolated storms that could turn Severe across much of the peninsula. A weak low-pressure system in the upper levels of the atmosphere is moving over the Southeast, just through the […]