ORLANDO, Fla. – Today marks the first time in a WHILE where Central Florida was quite literally BATHED in a swath of rainfall.
We aren’t talking a drizzle or light rain even, but rather heavier downpours for a large majority of us!
It looks like based on current trends, rain is thankfully sticking around our area for the foreseeable future as well.
First, we still have one more day of potential severe weather pinpointed by Storm Prediction Center. Today we had a level one risk smothering the bulk of interior, Central Florida and especially our east coast counties. However, I believe the early morning showers and rain helped to create a layer of stability for the peninsula.
As a result, we’ve hardly had so much of a sprinkle of rain form up since the large shield of it all cleared out earlier this morning.
Tomorrow is a different story. The cold front which slid across our region today will have moved far enough off the coast to allow for a return to higher pressure winds helping to drive home our sea breeze fronts.
It appears the greatest shot at heavy rain, thunder and lightning, with the possibility of a strong storm or two, exists primarily for Orange, Osceola, and Brevard counties.
A few of us could get an afternoon rain storm or some showers as well thanks to leftover moisture hanging out in the atmosphere.
Timing on this seems more evening/nocturnal than what we saw today. The completely opposite in reality.
Then we fast forward into the work week ahead.
Small shots of rain exist Tuesday through to Thursday, before something interesting begins to take shape in the Gulf to our west. It isn’t tropical, albeit the season continues to inch closer and closer. In fact, the Eastern Pacific hurricane season starts in only TEN DAYS, to put the length of time into perspective.
Nonetheless, an area of low pressure is expected to start spinning in the central Gulf, before making its way northeastward with the presence of our subtropical jet helping to steer it in our direction. This is going to up our rain chances noticeable, and you may want to make a few back up plans for this upcoming weekend.
Where we stand currently, it doesn’t appear we’ll see a threat for severe once again for any of us in Central Florida as this feature rolls through.
But, the amount of moisture and energy it brings into our area will likely carry high rain chances across the board from Friday into your Sunday.