ORLANDO, Fla. – While high temperatures remain consistently in the mid-70s through the rest of the week, the winds will continue to increase, causing issues, especially along the coastline.
Strong high pressure situated over the Ohio Valley will continue to create very breezy conditions across all of Florida on Wednesday afternoon. Models show gusts upwards of 25-30 mph out of the east-northeast.
The blustery weather will be roughing up conditions for coastal communities. Several advisories are in place due to the winds, starting late Wednesday and though the weekend. These advisories include a high surf advisory, coastal flood watch, gale watch and coastal erosion.
Traveling along the strong ocean breeze, a few spotty showers can’t be ruled out over the next several days, with coverage at a minimal 10-20%.
Thursday and Friday, winds will crank up even further, enhancing winds to 25-30 mph along the coast and 20-25 mph further inland. Along with the coastal advisories, a wind advisory could be added to the list.
By the weekend, Central Floridians will begin to see a shift to a much wetter weather pattern as an area of low pressure develops in the Gulf and moves into the area by Saturday. Moisture will be pulled in starting Saturday and exiting by Sunday. The exact timing and intensity continue to fluctuate from model run to model run, but expect widespread heavy rainfall of 2-4 inches of rain this weekend.
Along with the rain, strong to severe winds will also be a possibility. Damaging winds and the threat for tornadoes could be included in the forecast this weekend, but it remains to be decided depending on the exact track of the low.
Once the low clears, much cooler and drier air is expected to wrap around the backside of the low early next week. Long-range models show high temperatures dipping into the 60s on Monday and Tuesday afternoon.