Brian: Starting drier, a little cooler this morning -- rain this afternoon...

Good morning! Wednesday is starting dry on our side of the state while, like Monday, there's some wet weather over on the east coast. As the upper level flow begins to turn more out of the southwest, we'll see more moisture returning to the area later today and this should help lead to scattered showers across the area later on today. With more sunshine for more of the day (especially early), I do think most places will be a degree or two warmer than on Election Day.

 

Strong low pressure is developing this morning across the western Gulf and this will head in our direction for tomorrow. Right now, it looks like we may see a round of rain both in the morning and in the afternoon; this would be good news as the morning rain might help prevent the atmosphere from destabilizing too much in the afternoon thus limiting the potential for organized stronger storms. I do think there's the chance of a few gusty storms as the cold front approaches Thursday evening/early Friday, but I don't expect any widespread strong storms at this point.

 

The coldest air since March will arrive during the day on Friday -- by the weekend, highs will only be in the low 70's with plenty of sunshine! Morning lows both Saturday and Sunday will be in the 40's for much of SWFL east of US-41.

 

Today's forecast:

 

Naples  Increasing Clouds  Scattered Rain; High 84 
Bonita Springs Increasing Clouds  Scattered Rain; High 84
Fort Myers Increasing Clouds  Scattered Rain; High 85
Cape Coral Increasing Clouds  Scattered Rain; High 85
Port Charlotte Increasing Clouds  Scattered Rain; High 84
Hendry Co. Increasing Clouds  Scattered Rain; High 84
Glades Co. Increasing Clouds  Scattered Rain; High 85
DeSoto Co. Increasing Clouds  Scattered Rain; High 84

 

Have a great day!

 

Brian