ORLANDO, Fla. – For another day, scattered afternoon downpours will continue to keep the threat of flooding in place.
There’s still plenty of moisture in place as an old stationary front, turned warm front, returns north and keeping conditions unsettled for a few more days.
Tropical Storm Francine is still dragging in a lot of dry air for parts of Texas but is bringing heavy rain for Louisiana and Mississippi. Here at home, we won’t tap into some of that drier air until early next week.
In the meantime, a high 60-70% chance of tropical downpours will be expected. Expect scattered rain along the coast through the morning hours followed by inland thunderstorms into the afternoon and early evening hours.
The biggest concern with this activity will again be flooding, as Central Florida remains very saturated after days of rain.
Thursday’s highs will be near 90 degrees, with feels like temperatures between 100-105 degrees.
Tropics update
Tropical Storm Francine, which was a Category 2 hurricane when it made landfall on Wednesday evening, is expected to weaken as it moves into the Tennessee by the end of the week.
On the other side of the tropics, Tropical Depression 7 is expected to develop into a tropical storm as it continues its track toward the west. The next name on the list is Gordon.
Three more areas have been highlighted by the National Hurricane Center with a low potential of development in the next seven days with no big threats to Florida.
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