Good morning! The area of high pressure that gave us the hot weekend and drier weather (especially along the coast) has broken down as the remnants of Tropical Depression 5 move into the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. This means we can expect a better chance of rain this morning across the area, especially inland. The steering currents will be affected somewhat by the mid level low associated with ex-TD5, the southwest to west flow around this disturbance should favor more inland storms.
As ex-TD5 strengthens (possibly into a tropical system again) and moves toward SE Lousiana, a ridge will build in from the east and turn our steering flow more southeasterly. This means more coastal storms for Tuesday and Wednesday. In fact, we should see quite a few storms with an upper level disturbance rounding the ridge and coming out of the Bahamas.
Today's outlook:
Naples Partly Cloudy Isolated PM Storms; High 92
Bonita Springs Partly Cloudy Isolated PM Storms; High 94
Fort Myers Partly Cloudy Isolated PM Storms; High 93
Cape Coral Partly Cloudy Isolated PM Storms; High 93
Port Charlotte Partly Cloudy Isolated PM Storms; High 93
Hendry Co. Partly Cloudy Scattered PM Storms; High 94
Glades Co. Partly Cloudy Scattered PM Storms; High 93
DeSoto Co. Partly Cloudy Scattered PM Storms; High 93
Have a good Monday!
Brian
