Orlando weather: Daily thunderstorms expected along I-4 corridor into weekend
Orlando PM Weather Forecast: The rainy season is back
FOX 35 Storm Team Senior Meteorologist Noah Bergren is tracking widespread PM showers and storms again starting Thursday, and lasting into the weekend. Also when the heat index may cross past 104 degrees.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Scattered evening thunderstorms remain possible west of Orlando, but most of Central Florida is expected to stay dry.
Overnight conditions will remain warm and humid.
Thursday forecast for Orlando
What To Expect:
On Thursday, a mix of clouds and sunshine will give way to increasing chances for widespread afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms.
Forecasters expect the Orlando metropolitan area and the Interstate 4 corridor to be the primary focus for the heaviest downpours.
The unsettled pattern is expected to continue Friday, with widespread showers and thunderstorms again concentrated along the Orlando-to-I-4 corridor.
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High temperatures will reach the low to mid-90s, while heat index values could approach 100 degrees before storms develop.
Thunderstorm coverage is expected to remain widespread through the weekend. Heat index values could climb to 104 to 105 degrees across much of the region before afternoon rain develops, with readings as high as 107 possible near Gainesville and Palm Coast.
Stronger storms may produce frequent lightning, torrential rainfall and localized flash flooding.
Tropical outlook
In the tropics, forecasters are monitoring a new area of potential development in the southwestern Gulf, which currently carries a 10% chance of formation.
The remnants of former Eastern Pacific Tropical Storm Cristina are expected to move across southern Mexico and into the Gulf, where redevelopment into a tropical system is possible this weekend.
Any new system would likely track toward eastern Mexico or far southern Texas, bringing heavy rainfall. Elsewhere, the Atlantic remains quiet but we will keep a eye on a few tropical waves.
The Source: The information used in this story was provided by the FOX 35 Storm Team.