The Tropics are Brewing!

More clouds than sunshine today thanks to a tropical wave passing to our south. This wave over the last several hours seems to be getting its act together and the National Hurricane Center is giving this about an 80% chance for development, so it is possible that we could have our 4th tropical depression or even tropical storm of the season by later today. No worries though across SWFL! Most of the model plots are in agreement that this system will push W/NW and possibly bringing some beneficial tropical rains across Texas, where about 90% of the state is dealing with an exceptional drought, not to mention persistent triple digit heat. Lingering moisture will hang around for Thursday with mainly afternoon storms, with a drying trend into Friday & Saturday.
-KM