Storms Winding Down this Evening..

We finally broke out of our cloudy and wet pattern, as we return to more of a typical summertime pattern across Southwest Florida. Showers & storms broke out across our inland areas this afternoon and with our steering winds mainly out of the east and northeast, many of these pushed their way towards the coastline this evening. Rainfall rates within these storms were close to 2 in/hr, thus the National Weather Service has issued an urban and small stream flood advisory until 6:45pm. Storms will begin to wind down after sunset, with clearing skies overnight and lows in the low to mid 70s. Your July 4th holiday will start off with sunshine giving way to increasing clouds by the afternoon along with scattered storms through the early evening. Happy 4th!
-KM