Here is your forecast for Friday, July 19th 2024.
Good evening, Southwest Florida! This evening we are tracking scattered showers and thunderstorms. Most of that activity will be done by 9pm. The rest of the night, temperatures will hang out in the upper 70s with partly cloudy skies.
On Saturday, we will be waking up to temperatures in the upper 70s, as we are on our way back into the low to mid 90s. Another round of afternoon showers and storms will start to build around 2pm into the evening hours. We will also once again see heat index values well into the triple digits. Sunday is expected to be very similar.
If you have to be outside today drink plenty of water, take frequent breaks and try to find some shade.
Our rain chances will increase in the days ahead with Saturday having a 60% chance and Sunday having an 70% chance of rain. Rain chances will be even higher on Monday, around 80%. An upper level disturbance will move through later in the week, keeping daily rain chances between 60-80%.
Also, this weekend, look for an increase in Saharan Dust on Sunday. When dust is around, it tends to dry out of the mid-levels of atmosphere, but our sea-breeze storms are typically formed from low level moisture. This is why we are still expecting decent storm coverage this weekend into next week. These thunderstorms also tend to produce more lightning. An added bonus is the dust is also keeping anything from developing in the tropics, which of course is great news.
FOX 4 MORNING METEOROLOGIST TRENT ARIC
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