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AM Sun, PM Showers And Storms Around Florida

Monday features plenty of sun in the morning and showers and storms in the afternoon along the Gulf coast, while the east coast metro area will see good sun alternating with showers in the morning, followed by more showers and some storms in the afternoon.  Highs on Monday will be mostly in the upper 80s.

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Tuesday will be another day with a mix of sun and showers in the morning and showers and storms in the afternoon in the east coast metro area.  The Gulf coast will see a mostly sunny morning with showers and storms in the afternoon.  Tuesday’s highs will be mostly in the upper 80s.

Wednesday will reverse the pattern, with morning sun and afternoon showers and storms in the east coast metro area, while the Gulf coast will see a mix of sun and showers in the morning and periods of showers and storms in the afternoon.  Wednesday’s highs will be near 90 degrees.

Thursday will feature a mostly sunny morning with plenty of showers and storms developing in the mid to late afternoon.  Thursday’s highs will be mostly in the upper 80s.

Friday’s forecast calls for a mix of sun, showers, and storms.  Highs on Friday will be near 90 degrees.

In the tropics, Tropical Storm Peter is expected to move north of the Lesser Antilles in a day or so.  At 5am, Peter was located near 19.1 North, 59.5 West, about 245 miles east-northeast of the northern Lesser Antilles.  Maximum sustained winds were 50 miles per hour, and Peter was moving west-northwest at 14 miles per hour.  Peter is forecast to remain well east of the Bahamas and weaken to a depression late in the week.

Tropical Storm Rose formed on Sunday from what had been Tropical Depression # 17.  At 5 am Monday, Rose was located near 15.9 North, 32.6 West, about 550 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands.  Maximum sustained winds were 40 miles per hour, and Rose was moving northwest at 15 miles per hour.  Rose is expected to remain in the open Atlantic.

 

Elsewhere, another wave emerging off the coast of Africa has a medium chance of developing during the next five days.  And what’s left of Odette has a low chance of developing in the north Atlantic this week.

 

Donna Thomas has studied hurricanes for two decades. She holds a PhD in history when her experience with Hurricane Andrew ultimately led her to earn a degree in broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State University. Donna spent 15 years at WFOR-TV (CBS4 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale), where she worked as a weather producer with hurricane experts Bryan Norcross and David Bernard. She also produced hurricane specials and weather-related features and news coverage, as well as serving as pool TV producer at the National Hurricane Center during the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Donna also served as a researcher on NOAA's Atlantic Hurricane Database Reanalysis Project. Donna specializes in Florida's hurricane history.