Quit BUGging me! 💓🦟
Hey insiders, it’s meteorologist Candace Campos with my bug swatter ready for a new season! Although Central Florida is known for the evil blood-sucking mosquitos, it’s the lovebugs that are getting “busy” over the next few weeks. Have you spotted these nuisance insects yet? Let me know, by emailing me here.
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Click here to see three ways to keep those love bugs from bugging you during their mating season.
To be honest the worst part about the lovebugs are their attraction to highways and cars. Click this link to see some tips on protecting your cars against their squashed bug juice.
Calming winds, more heat and sea breeze storms! 🌊🌡🥵☔
Has summer started early?
Hey Insiders! Meteorologist Troy Bridges here.
We are pinpointing a Front that is washing out across Central Florida and bringing a slight cool down behind it.
After warming to near 90 for the past couple of days, we have highs in the low 80s.
You’ll notice rain chances are sticking around through the weekend as the sea breezes fire up. This is a summer-like pattern starting a little early across Central Florida.
For more on the weekend forecast and those seabreeze showers click here.
Ida officially in the record books
We all pretty much knew it when it happened, but Wednesday it became official. Meteorologist Jonathan Kegges with you to talk about last hurricane season. This week the hurricane committee of the World Meteorological Organization had their annual meeting to reflect on last year’s season and to look ahead to the next. It’s at this meeting, if storms meet criteria for retirement, are officially retired, never to be used again.
Storm names are on a six-year rotation and are reused, unless of course they are retired. Here’s more on Ida’s retirement.
🌳 Four fun facts about Arbor Day 🌲
Hey there Insiders! It’s Meteorologist Samara Cokinos here with you. Arbor Day is tomorrow! It’s the day many celebrate by planting a tree, but there’s more to this day than you might think. For example, did you know this holiday has been celebrated for 150 years? Read more about nature’s holiday by clicking here!
The Rain is Getting Intense ☂️
As Troy mentioned, rain chances are returning to our forecast. Chief meteorologist Tom Sorrells here. We are not quite into the rainy season in Central Florida. But today I want to focus on rainfall. Specifically intense rainfall. As a general rule a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture. More moisture means heavier rain.
Click here to see how much heavier the rain has gotten over the past 30 years.