Cloud Cover Keeping Temperatures a Bit Cooler

It's another cloudy day across SWFL, as we are seeing some tropical moisture move overhead in association with a tropical wave in the Gulf of Mexico. This will keep our weather pattern unsettled for the next couple of days with more clouds than sun and scattered rain/storms. On the flip side, it will keep our daytime highs well below the norm as most of us won't even crack the 90° mark once again.

In the tropics, Katia is maintaining its category 1 strength with sustained winds at 75 mph, but over the next 48 hours intensification is likely, with Katia reaching category 3 status as early as the weekend. The area of disturbed weather in the Gulf of Mexico has the potential to evolve into our next Tropical Depression or even Tropical Storm over the next day or two. Most models do have this system moving in a northwest direction and meandering across the Texas to Louisiana coast through the weekend.