ORLANDO, Fla. – The tropics are having an impact on the weather in Central Florida.
A tropical wave in the Gulf of Mexico is bringing rain to the Orlando area on Wednesday.
The system, with a 40% chance of tropical development over the next five says, is expected to move toward Texas in the coming days.
Rain chances in the Orlando area stand at 40% Wednesday. The high will be near the average of 92. The record high on this date is 97, set in 1903.
The chance of rain in Central Florida will be 60% Thursday through the weekend.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Gonzalo formed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm was centered Wednesday morning about 1,250 miles east of the Southern Windward Islands. At 9 a.m. EDT, it had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and was moving west-northwest at 12 mph.
“The very latest track takes it south of Puerto Rico by Friday afternoon,” News 6 meteorologist Troy Bridges said.