Scattered storms could become severe Thursday afternoon

SURE. YEAH. MARQUISE. WE’RE OFF TO A MUGGY START TODAY. YOU CAN REALLY FEEL IT OUT THERE. YEAH, MUGGY. IT’S WARM, IT’S HUMID. IT’S SWAMPY. GATOR SWAMP. THERE WE GO. YEAH, YEAH. IT ALL TIES TOGETHER, RIGHT. BUT OUT THE DOOR RIGHT NOW YOUR RELATIVE HUMIDITY. WELL THAT SITS IN THE UPPER 80S AND THE LOWER 90S DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE TRAPPED IN THE HEAT AND THE MOISTURE OVERNIGHT. SO HERE WE ARE, 77 DEGREES WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN ORLANDO AND YOUR RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THAT’S AT 90%. THAT’S GOING TO PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THE FORECAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON, AS THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAT’S, THE HUMIDITY AND COLLIDING SEA BREEZES WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SO RIGHT NOW, 80 DEGREES, THAT’S THE WARMEST PLACE TO BE IF YOU’RE IN LEESBURG. OTHERWISE, WE SHOW A MIX OF MID AND UPPER 70S EARLY ON THIS MORNING, BUT MAN OH MAN, WILL THOSE THERMOMETERS CONTINUE TO RISE. WILL BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 89 AND 98 DEGREES AT OUR WARMEST PEAK LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AND HERE’S THAT THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. IT’S GOING TO BE A LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THREAT, A MARGINAL RISK FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER, IN WHICH THE MAJOR THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND. BUT WE’LL ALSO HAVE THE CHANCE FOR HAIL. AND WE CAN’T RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO. SO JUST BE WEATHER AWARE THIS AFTERNOON, AS RAIN CHANCES WILL RISE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 65 AND 70% HERE IN ORLANDO, BETWEEN 6 AND 7 EARLY THIS EVENING. ULTIMATELY, NO, NOTHING TO SHOW HERE ON THE RADAR CURRENTLY, BUT CHANGES WILL HAPPEN AS WE MOVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. LOTS OF SUNSHINE THAT WILL WARM UP YOUR TEMPERATURES, INCREASING THE INSTABILITY AND THEN BOOM, THERE YOU HAVE IT. AT 4:00, STORMS WILL BE POPPING UP ACROSS THE I-4 QUARTER, MORE OF A PREDOMINANT WESTERLY PUSH, SO THESE STORMS WILL SLIDE ACROSS I 95 INTO TITUSVILLE AND PALM BAY BEFORE THEY START TO DISSIPATE RIGHT AROUND EIGHT 9:00. JUST AFTER SUNSET. ULTIMATELY, WE CERTAINLY NEED THE RAIN HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. CHECK THIS OUT. IF YOU’RE IN ORLANDO, YOU’RE ABOUT SIX, MAYBE EVEN CLOSER TO SEVEN INCHES BELOW YOUR SEASONAL AVERAGE. IN REGARDS TO RAIN, 6.85 TO BE EXACT. SO ANY PRECIPITATION THAT MOTHER NATURE SENDS OUR WAY, WELL, WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO BE THANKFUL FOR THAT. COULD BE UP TO AN INCH, MAYBE AN INCH, AND A QUARTER BEFORE THE WORKWEEK IS SAID AND DONE. BUT WE DRY OUT JUST IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND. BUT WE’RE HEATING UP ONCE AGAIN. 97 ON SATURDAY, 98 ON SUNDAY, AND AS YOU FACTOR IN THE HUMIDITY, IT WILL FEEL LIKE TEMPERATURES ARE BREAKING DOWN THE TRIPLE DIGIT BARRIER BOTH DAYS ACROSS YOUR WEEKEND. LOTS OF SUNSHINE THERE, BUT RAIN SHOWERS WILL COOL YOU DOWN AS YOU MOVE THROUGHOUT THE WORK WEEK. LOOK F

Scattered storms could become severe Thursday afternoon

Strong winds, downpours and hail are the main concerns

Updated: 5:40 AM EDT Jun 6, 2024

It certainly will be another hot/stormy one on tap for us today in Central Florida with highs projected to reach the mid and upper nineties. However, as we progress throughout the afternoon, sea breezes will collide along the I-4 corridor leading to numerous scattered thunderstorms. The storm prediction center has a marginal threat for severe weather (1/5) with the likely impacts of hail, strong damaging winds, frequent downpours, and a small tornado chance. As of this morning, there is a probable chance for a “Severe Thunderstorm Update” during our afternoon/early evening shows between 4:00 and 8:00 pm. But model data is showing a dying threat after 8:00.

It certainly will be another hot/stormy one on tap for us today in Central Florida with highs projected to reach the mid and upper nineties. However, as we progress throughout the afternoon, sea breezes will collide along the I-4 corridor leading to numerous scattered thunderstorms. The storm prediction center has a marginal threat for severe weather (1/5) with the likely impacts of hail, strong damaging winds, frequent downpours, and a small tornado chance. As of this morning, there is a probable chance for a “Severe Thunderstorm Update” during our afternoon/early evening shows between 4:00 and 8:00 pm. But model data is showing a dying threat after 8:00.