Brian: East coast sea breeze kicking in, waiting for Gulf breeze

Good afternoon! It's a hot afternoon already with 1 pm temperatures in the low to mid 90's across most of the area. Expect another hot afternoon with highs again in the mid to upper 90's. Showers and storms will develop a bit later on, likely first along the east coast sea breeze (these will have an opportunity to affect inland southwest Florida a bit later in the afternoon). A bit later, showers and storms should develop along the west coast Gulf breeze and again be slow moving. The heaviest of the rain this afternoon should again be concentrated just inland, with even more inland storms in the forecast tomorrow as the steering level wind, however light, turns more from the northwest.

I'm still expecting slightly cooler weather toward week's end and into the weekend as the high that's controlled our weather the past several days weakens. Expect more coastal storms over the weekend with highs in the lower 90's.

Into next week, it still looks like whatever is left of the tropical wave in the central Atlantic should be approaching the Bahamas and eventually resulting in an uptick in our rain chances in south Florida. Out ahead of it, some drier air should move (you can actually see this now on the water vapor imagery west of the disturbance) leading to fewer storms on Monday. By Tuesday and Wednesday, the wave should move nearby leading to more showers and storms.

More coming later.. have a great afternoon!

Brian