If you thought the gifts ended with the conclusion of Christmas Day, think again!
Central Florida has been needing some rain for the last few months, and another dose is expected to arrive into this weekend.
As of Thursday morning, we’re starting the day under some pretty dense fog, especially if your commute takes you through the Orlando metro area or closer to the attractions.
This will begin to lift as the sun rises, and daytime heating can start to take hold. Once skies clear, there is a shot at an isolated shower or two but nothing too widespread and the greatest shot at rain will remain along our east coast.
Winds will predominantly flow in consistently out of the east. This is a trademark pattern this time of year, and you yourself could do a little weather forecasting if you wanted with the arrival and passage of each new frontal system!
That easterly onshore flow is responsible for pumping in some mild tropical air and moisture resulting in that chance for rain closest to the beaches before we lose that nudge the further inland you go.
We’re also following a very interesting feature that’s managed to find its way into our local pattern courtesy of the tropics down to our southwest.
Now I know what you’re thinking! No this isn’t any suspect tropical feature, but rather an area of disturbed weather that was picked up by our subtropical jet and bullied towards the north and east.
A little atypical given we’re beneath that La Nina ENSO pattern across the Pacific Ocean, but not entirely impossible given the orientation of our jet streams across north America.
This will help to increase our chances of rain tomorrow and into Saturday, and Sunday before our next cold front tries to dive through and clear us out.
Only difference in this set up than the last few which have really plunged our temps to near freezing, is the likelihood this cold front gets smacked more northeast before it has the opportunity to really dig as far south as Miami, the Keys, and into the Bahamas.
We’ll still receive a proper dose of fresh, polar air. But before we know it our temperatures at the surface will be rebounding as we get into the first couple of days of 2025.
It’s the final countdown!
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