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August Heat Here, Tropics Heat Up

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South Florida is baking in typical August heat on Sunday while the tropics heat up. Look for a stray east coast shower on Sunday morning, with plenty of sun, highs in the sizzling low to mid 90s, and a few isolated afternoon storms to follow. The storms will be mostly in the interior, but don’t rule out one or two developing in the far western suburbs of Miami-Dade and Broward.

august heatMonday features an early shower along the east coast, highs in the low 90s, and a few afternoon storms forming along the sea breezes of both coasts, so scattered afternoon storms are in the forecast for the metro areas of Miami-Dade and Broward and the Naples area. Those storms will push into the interior late in the afternoon and in the evening.

We’ll see more of the same on Tuesday, with highs in the low 90s and the sea breezes bringing a few afternoon storms to South Florida’s east coast and west coast metro areas.

Afternoon storms will be more widespread on Wednesday, especially in the western suburbs of Miami-Dade and Broward, in the interior, and along the Gulf coast. Highs on Wednesday will be in the low 90s.

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Look for scattered afternoon storms again on Thursday, with a concentration over the interior and the Gulf coast. Highs will be around 90 degrees on Thursday.

two_atl_5d0In the tropics, we’re watching the wave that’s nearing the central Atlantic. It has a medium chance of developing over the next 5 days, when it is forecast to be in the general vicinity of Puerto Rico. The wave will be encountering favorable conditions, and some of the computer models forecast a path near the Bahamas this weekend. Everyone will need to watch this system closely.

two_atl_0d0Elsewhere, Tropical Storm Fiona is stubbornly hanging on, with top winds of 45 miles per hour at 5 am on Sunday, when Fiona was located near 22.2 North, 51.7 West. Fiona was moving west-northwest at 16 miles per hour and is forecast to weaken into a depression on Sunday and dissipate by mid-week.

And a wave just off the African coast has a high chance of developing over the next 5 days. That one is forecast to remain over the open Atlantic.

[vc_message message_box_style=”3d” message_box_color=”turquoise”]By Donna Thomas, SouthFloridaReporter.com Meteorologist, Aug. 21, 2016 [/vc_message]

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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.