Here is your evening forecast for Thursday, August 1st, 2024.
It was a record-setting day across SWFL, marking the hottest day since May 30th.
Our three main reporting sites ALL hit records today! Factor in the humidity and it felt more like 105-110° (hence the heat advisories.) It'll be another hot day tomorrow but most locations should stay just out of heat advisory range. #flwx pic.twitter.com/QnsXZwO3qS
— Katie Walls (@KatieWallsTV) August 1, 2024
Tomorrow will stay hot with highs in the mid-90s and a heat index between 100-106°. While the National Weather Service may issue another Heat Advisory for Glades, Hendry and Collier counties, other areas may fall just shy of criteria. We'll be watching that potential closely. Regardless of whether it feels like 100° where you are or 106°, please stay hydrated and take frequent breaks in the shade.
Friday morning will start off dry, hot and muggy. Showers and storms will be developing mid to late afternoon with rain chances increasing to 70%. Heavy downpours and lightning may impact some outdoor evening plans.
Saturday is expected to start off humid and dry. Heading into the afternoon and evening is when we'll start to feel tropical moisture surging into SWFL, ramping up rain chances especially Saturday night into Sunday. See below for more.
TROPICS CHECK: A tropical wave currently over Haiti will be moving into the Gulf of Mexico by late Saturday and into Sunday.
Models have come into better agreement that a depression or storm will be in the Gulf and near SWFL Sunday afternoon. This means that Sunday will feature most of the impacts from this system including rain and storms, breezy conditions with gusts to 30 mph and minor coastal flooding.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT, CLICK HERE.
FOX 4 EVENING METEOROLOGIST KATIE WALLS
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