ORLANDO, Fla. – Rain chances have slowly been on the decline as a ridge of high pressure establishes itself in the upper levels of the atmosphere and increased Saharan Dust flows over the state. This trend will continue into the weekend, leading to high heat values!
Friday Night
Your Friday evening plans will stay dry as the scattered afternoon storms along the sea breeze will fade away around sunset. Rain chances take a nose dive past 9pm this evening. Passing clouds will remain in our skies overnight as lows drop into the mid-upper 70s.
This Weekend
Another push of Saharan Dust this weekend will serve to limit widespread storms and also increase high temperatures. Rain chances, while not zero, will lower to about 30-40% along the afternoon sea breeze.
However, with upper ridging in place, in addition to the dust, highs will climb into the mid-upper 90s with the heat index values climbing over the 100ºF mark. We will be flirting with heat advisory criteria.
Next Week
Changes come to the forecast by early next week as we get a wind pattern shift and added moisture. A dying frontal boundary will try to slip into northern Florida early next week, providing added moisture and energy into our atmosphere. This will also help to shift our winds back to our predominant easterly flow. This will allow for widespread showers and storms along our sea breeze and also push the sea breeze further inland. Rain chances will favor the I-4 corridor and points westward. Rain chances will climb to 60-70%.