ORLANDO, Fla. – The dry air that we have been enjoying the last 2 days is quickly exiting our skies and making room for higher rain chances this holiday weekend. We’ve begun seeing moisture creeping in as rain chances this afternoon and early evening will primarily focus from Orange County southward. These storms will linger until around 8pm and then fizzle.
Fourth Forecast
More ample moisture will continue to flow into our atmosphere Saturday, allowing for much higher storm coverage area wide. Our Saturday morning will stay dry with a sun/cloud mix, allowing us to heat up into the low 90s by early afternoon with Heat index values 100-105ºF.
Showers and storms will start to spark around 1pm. More widespread coverage, fanning from SW to NE, really begin filling in over Central Florida mid-afternoon. BBQs should be fired up around noon to beat the storms. Fortunately, these storms will quickly lose their luster as we slip towards the early evening.
Mostly dry conditions will prevail by 8pm, leaving for an extremely humid, but dry, fireworks display by 9pm.
Sunday
While not as prevalent as Saturday, moisture will still stick around for our Sunday Funday. This will allow for another day of decent storm coverage in the afternoon along our sea breeze, but slightly less coverage than Saturday. Highs will hover in the low 90s with heat indices once again topping 100ºF.