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This weather! Warm but comfortable in Central Florida

Rain chances won’t return for next several days in Orlando area

Sunrise in Florida.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Dry air across Central Florida is leading to zero chances for rain for the next three days.

We will also experience low humidity, which will feel comfortable, even though we’re heating up. Expect a high temperature of 92 degrees Tuesday in Orlando.

Highs will warm back into the mid-90s from Wednesday through Friday.

Rain chances return to 30% on Friday and Saturday. Expect a 40% coverage of rain on Sunday and Monday.

[STORY CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO FORECAST]

Pinpointing the tropics

Central Tropical Atlantic (AL95):

Showers and thunderstorms associated with an area of low pressure located over the central tropical Atlantic about 900 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands have become a little better organized over the past several hours.

Environmental conditions are conducive for further development, and a tropical depression or tropical storm is expected to form over the next day or so while the low moves toward the west-northwest at 15 to 20 mph across the central tropical Atlantic.

Additional strengthening, possibly to a hurricane, is likely later this week while the system moves over western portions of the tropical Atlantic, near or to the northeast of the northern Leeward Islands.

Formation chance through 48 hours, high, 90 percent.

Formation chance through 7 days, high, near 100 percent.

Eastern Tropical Atlantic:

A strong tropical wave is forecast to move off the coast of West Africa on Tuesday.

Environmental conditions appear conducive for development once the wave moves offshore, and a tropical depression could form over the far eastern tropical Atlantic during the middle to latter part of the week while the system moves to the west or west-northwest at 10 to 15 mph. This system is expected to move across the Cabo Verde Islands Wednesday night and Thursday, and interests there should monitor its progress.

Formation chance through 48 hours, low, 20 percent.

Formation chance through 7 days, high, 70 percent.

Northeastern Atlantic (ex-Franklin):

Post-Tropical Cyclone Franklin is located several hundred miles north of the Azores, and is forecast to move quickly southeast toward warmer waters east of the Azores.

This system could acquire some subtropical or tropical characteristics late this week or this weekend while it moves erratically between the Azores and Portugal.

Formation chance through 7 days, low, 20 percent.

[TRACK THE TROPICS IN THE VIDEO PLAYER BELOW]