Good morning! A weak tropical wave will move through Florida today and tomorrow, allowing for more afternoon showers and thunderstorms to develop. Since yesterday, the steering level wind -- about 2 miles above the ground -- has become northeasterly/easterly, and this will allow showers and storms to begin the afternoon inland and finish the day along the coast. So, today we see a full return to a typical steering pattern for this time of year.
By late tomorrow, the wave and associated tropical moisture will move out into the Gulf of Mexico.This will lead to a briefly lower chance of rain on Friday before it rises again with some additional tropical moisture that will just barely clip the southern part of Florida on Saturday. Finally, on Sunday, that dry air that's dominating the Atlantic now will get a chance to move over southwest Florida and we'll see just isolated storms.
Several tropical waves will be moving toward Florida into next week; I'll have more on that in a post later this morning. First, today's forecast:
Naples Sun & Clouds Scattered PM Storms; High 91
Bonita Springs Sun & Clouds Scattered PM Storms; High 92
Fort Myers Sun & Clouds Scattered PM Storms; High 91
Cape Coral Sun & Clouds Scattered PM Storms; High 91
Port Charlotte Sun & Clouds Scattered PM Storms; High 92
Hendry Co. Sun & Clouds Scattered PM Storms; High 92
Glades Co. Sun & Clouds Scattered PM Storms; High 91
DeSoto Co. Sun & Clouds Scattered PM Storms; High 92
Have a great day!
Brian
