Here is your forecast for Friday, August 16th, 2024.
The break from the humidity and sweltering heat will be brief and last only two days, but it's timing out perfectly for weekend plans!
Starting tonight, drier air (with dew points in the mid-60s versus mid-70s) starts to move in, all thanks to the overall flow around Hurricane Ernesto in the Atlantic. That drier air will drop our humidity and lower our rain chances this weekend.
But first... some flooding in Naples (again)
Friday afternoon, locally heavy downpours caused issues for drivers. As much as 3 to 5 inches fell in parts of Naples and southern Collier county. Police reported impassable roads and even some flipping manhole covers due to the heavy rains.
COLLIER COUNTY RAINFALL - Quite the variety of totals this afternoon across Collier. The worst of it fell in the southern half of the county, specifically from Naples southward, leading to flooding. Meanwhile, North Naples only received 0.01"! pic.twitter.com/2o30gnysMi
— Katie Walls (@KatieWallsTV) August 16, 2024
Click to see the conditions Naples Community Correspondent Mahmoud Bennett came across in Point Royal Friday afternoon:
UPDATE: Gordon Drive south of Galleon & Rum Row between Bay Rd. & Ocean Dr. is impassable. https://t.co/l4JxSbNHxg
— Naples Police Dept. (@NaplesPolice) August 16, 2024
What's ahead for the weekend
Saturday and Sunday we will be mostly dry with only a 10% chance of a shower or storm mainly in Collier county, where some moisture may linger farther southward.
Highs both days will be in the low 90s. With the lower dew points, there won't be as much of a heat index either. Overnights will be a little cooler as well, in the mid-70s, which is around our average of 75° but 5-8° lower than what we have seen in a while.
The dry air starts to get replaced by more moisture early next week with afternoon showers and storms returning Tuesday.
FOX 4 EVENING METEOROLOGIST KATIE WALLS
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