Good morning! I hope you managed to have a great July 4th despite the extra wet weather over the weekend; fortunately, we did dry out in time for fireworks displays for most of southwest Florida! Expect plenty of natural fireworks again today as the pattern remains unsettled for one more day. The atmosphere is loaded with moisture (one field we look at is something called precipitable water -- and at any given time, there's over 2.5" of water in the atmosphere at a given point in southwest Florida!) again leading to some torrential rain in storms today. There is also the possibility of frequent lightning in any storms. Today's forecast:
Naples Mostly Cloudy Scattered Mainly PM Storms; High 89
Bonita Springs Mostly Cloudy Scattered Mainly PM Storms; High 88
Fort Myers Mostly Cloudy Scattered Mainly PM Storms; High 88
Cape Coral Mostly Cloudy Scattered Mainly PM Storms; High 87
Port Charlotte Mostly Cloudy Scattered Mainly PM Storms; High 87
Hendry Co. Mostly Cloudy Scattered Mainly PM Storms; High 89
Glades Co. Mostly Cloudy Scattered Mainly PM Storms; High 87
DeSoto Co. Mostly Cloudy Scattered Mainly PM Storms; High 87
Drier air though, finally, is poised to push into southwest Florida. Delayed over the weekend, the dry air will finally push south as high pressure branches down the east coast leading to lower rain chances on Tuesday, and higher temperatures. The chance of storms may even back off into the isolated category by Wednesday and Thursday as temps push toward the mid 90's. Whenever dry air is in place aloft, though, any storms can feature very strong wind and we'll be in the look out for that at mid-week.
I'll have more on your forecast on WINK and 6 TV all morning. Hope you can join us.
Brian
