The strong area of high pressure that brought record highs to the Northeast earlier this week has moved to the south and is now centered over the Southeast this morning. The high has weakened some since earlier in the week but is still strong enough to be muscling all of the low level moisture away from southwest Florida! Expect another drier than average day with just isolated storms late; highs will range from near 90 at the coast to the mid 90's along the US-41/I-75 corridor. Similarly dry weather sticks around for the weekend and, with a change in the steering pattern, the best chance of afternoon and evening storms will shift toward inland southwest Florida. Moisture returns early next week in the form of higher afternoon rain chances by Monday.
Here is today's forecast:
Naples Partly Cloudy Isolated PM Storms; High 91
Bonita Springs Partly Cloudy Isolated PM Storms; High 94
Fort Myers Partly Cloudy Isolated PM Storms; High 94
Cape Coral Partly Cloudy Isolated PM Storms; High 92
Port Charlotte Partly Cloudy Isolated PM Storms; High 94
Hendry Co. Partly Cloudy Isolated PM Storms; High 93
Glades Co. Partly Cloudy Isolated PM Storms; High 92
DeSoto Co. Partly Cloudy Isolated PM Storms; High 92
Have a great Friday!
Brian
