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Florida Is More Hot Sun And Storms Sunday; Watching The Tropics

Sunday features good sun, a few clouds, and some showers and storms — mostly in the morning in the east coast metro area and in the afternoon along the Gulf coast and in the interior.  Look for the bulk of the activity to be in the western portions of South Florida.  A moderate risk of dangerous rip currents remains at the Atlantic beaches on Sunday and into the first part of the workweek.  Highs on Sunday will be in the low 90s in the east coast metro area and mostly in the mid-90s along the Gulf coast.  But the humidity will make it feel about 10 degrees hotter everywhere, so stay hydrated.

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Monday will bring mostly sunny skies and quite a few mid to late-afternoon showers and storms developing along the sea breezes.  Monday’s highs will be in the low 90s.

Tuesday will feature plenty of sun and some clouds to start.  Plenty of showers and storms will develop in the mid to late afternoon.  Tuesday’s highs will be in the low 90s.

Wednesday will be mostly sunny until those summertime showers and storms fire up again in the mid-afternoon.  Wednesday’s highs will be in the low 90s.

Thursday’s forecast calls for yet another day of mostly sunny skies in the morning and lots of showers and storms in the afternoon.  Highs on Thursday will be in the low 90s.

In the tropics, Potential Tropical Cyclone # 4 is ashore over northeast Mexico and will not develop.  Warnings have been dropped, but this system is still expected to bring 3 inches or more inches of rain to portions of northeastern Mexico, along with the potential of dangerous flash flooding.  Southern Texas can expect an inch or so of rain from Potential TC # 4, which will help with drought conditions there.

Elsewhere in the tropics, a wave in the far eastern Atlantic has a low chance of developing during the next 5 days.  Since it’s late August, we’ll continue to watch its progress.

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.