Orlando weather: Weather Impact Day to bring strong afternoon thunderstorms

Orlando Weather Forecast: June 27, 2025

FOX 35 Storm Team Meteorologist Brooks Garner has a look at the Friday weather forecast for Orlando and Central Florida.

ORLANDO, Fla. - A few strong afternoon thunderstorms are expected across Central Florida, which is why the FOX 35 Storm Team has designated Friday as a Weather Impact Day.

Here's everything you need to know about the weather today and looking ahead to the weekend.

FOX 35 Storm Team Weather Impact Day

What to expect:

Today is a FOX 35 Weather Impact day for the risk of a few strong afternoon storms across Central Florida in the afternoon and evening.

We will see more storms across the region on Friday afternoon with the entire region being under a Marginal Level 1 out of 5 risk of seeing severe weather.

The main threats, especially with the stronger storms that fire up, are wind gusts of up to 60 mph, frequent lightning, pockets of hail and heavy downpours.

The storms are expected to move east, so areas along the east coast beaches, keep an eye on the skies. If you hear thunder, leave the beach immediately and find shelter.

Timeline:

The storms will be the most widespread between 5 and 6 p.m.

Areas west of Orlando will be mainly impacted between 3 and 5 p.m. Along Florida's turnpike through Orlando up to DeLand will be impacted between 5 and 6 p.m., and the Atlantic coast will be impacted mainly from 6 to 8 p.m.

The storms should start to quiet down by 11 p.m., but there could be some more showers lingering through the overnight. Lows are expected to be in the mid-70s.

What will the weather look like this weekend?

What's next:

The storms will stick around as the unsettled weather continues into the weekend.

There is an upper-level low pressure system that will usher in storms and keep the rain chances and humidity high over the next few days.

The rain chances will stay between 50 and 70% through early next week.

The Saharan Dust also returns for the weekend, so heads up for those who have allergies, as you may be feeling it for the next few days. This will lower the air quality just a bit and make the skies look milky before storms pop up.

With this dry layer this will also increase the possibility of lightning when storms do arise. However, this will keep the tropics quiet through the end of June.