Orlando weather: Heat peaks midweek ahead of Thursday storm chances
Orlando weather: Hot temperatures, chance of rain later in the week
Above-average heat will take hold of Central Florida for the remainder of the week following days of steady showers and storms. While widespread severe weather is not expected, a few strong storms are forecast to move through the region on Thursday and Friday.
ORLANDO, Fla. - High-heat temperatures are set to persist for the remainder of the week.
This stretch of warmth comes after days of constant showers and storms for Central Florida. But, though no extreme showers and storms are in store, some storms are set to move across the area on Thursday and Friday of this week.
Heat builds Wednesday through Thursday
What we know:
A pattern shift continues to evolve with a "dome" of high pressure forming over Florida and the southeast United States that will send temperatures climbing into the higher 90s.
Records will not be in jeopardy, but temperatures will be hotter than average (92) for the time of year. Wednesday's weather will likely be hotter for air temperatures than Tuesday was in most locations. Save for a random PM storm on the I-95 corridor, most places will be dry.
Some storms return Thursday-Friday
A briefly higher chance of afternoon/evening storms and downpours is in store for Thursday and Friday. Showers and storms are moving south across Central Florida – some of which are predicted to be strong.
While storm activity does not look widespread in nature, the highest chance of activity will be in Orlando on Thursday and Friday.
Tracking the tropics
There is a high chance (70%) of development in the southern Atlantic, and a narrow window of favorably positive conditions may develop this weekend.
Invest 92L – which the National Hurricane Center designated the disturbance as – will either stay weak, and not form for very long, as it drifts west towards the Caribbean this weekend. The system could get scooped to the north, well away from Florida, and could find a narrow window of lighter wind shear, allowing it to become a strong tropical storm early next week.
Either scenario, it will not come anywhere near Florida or the United States. Outside of that, the Atlantic is and will remain quiet.
The Source: Information in this story was gathered by FOX 35's Noah Bergren.