Orlando weather: Fire risk elevated as severe drought continues across Central Florida

Orlando Weather Forecast PM: April 16th, 2025

FOX 35 Storm Team Meteorologist Noah Bergren is tracking some stellar weather in the coming days.

ORLANDO, Fla. - With a severe drought in place for some of our counties across Central Florida already, the additional expected dry air will keep our fire risk elevated through the end of the week.

Here's a look at what to expect from this week's weather forecast.

What will the weather look like tonight?

What To Expect:

Completely clear skies with temperatures falling into the 50s.

Severe drought continues across Central Florida

Why you should care:

That being said, this is not good news for our fire weather.

With the severe drought in place for some of our counties already, the added dry air will keep our fire risk elevated through the end of the week.

Both wildfires and brush fires have spread across Central Florida this week, with the most recent one, dubbed the "Digital Fire," sparking Wednesday and burning more than 30 acres in Brevard County.

What will the weather look like tomorrow?

What's next:

Still very low humidity and dry air. Temperatures highs are expected to be in the mid 80s with mostly sunny skies.

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What will the weather look like for the rest of the week?

Dig deeper:

Mostly sunny Friday with high brush fire risk continuing. For the foreseeable future, the wildfire risk will remain pretty high. Abundant sunshine into the weekend with gusty winds Saturday from the south 10-25 MPH.

Sunday will turn notably hotter for Easter Sunday with highs closer to 90.

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