ORLANDO, Fla. – If you are planning on dressing up, donning the mask and heading out for some spooky shenanigans, the candy you decide to pick up may not be the only mixed bag on Halloween.
The weather pattern over the U.S. is looking rather stellar for activities as we roll into Halloween night, the final Friday of the month.
However, the tropics may have something else to say about that.
A tropical wave we’ve been watching has the potential to spin up into our next named storm over the next seven days as it wanders through the Caribbean Sea to our south.
There’s still a plethora of uncertain variables on the table, but something could be trying to get its act together in the Caribbean to our south and may pull north if the timing is right.
Steering patterns and the way our jet stream has been behaving over the upper tier U.S. would support a theory that anything tropical forming in the Caribbean would be lifted north.
Now, even if it stays away from Florida, or flops altogether, we’ll continue to see high pressure headed eastward toward us just in time for the evening festivities to cook off.
As this high pressure moves across the country, the eastern side will provide us with northerly winds pushing continental dry air into the Florida peninsula.
The bulk of our global models are in agreement that Oct. 29 through Oct. 31 we should be predominantly dry with a scarce shot at rain.
Of course, things also hinge on how the Caribbean behaves as we move into late next week. We’ll be keeping tabs on that as well and adjusting this forecast as we see necessary.
But, where we stand currently, it looks like the day and night should be pleasant for all of us.
Temperatures will be tolerable as well and if we can get high pressure to sink into Central Florida, that means our humidity will go with it.
Check back with us leading up to the spookiest night of the year, to get all your updates on how to plan your holiday festivities best.