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Florida Labor Day Sun And Showers, Tracking Very Active Tropics

The holiday features mostly sunny skies at times, along with periods of showers and storms, especially along the Gulf coast and well inland.  Highs on Monday will be in the upper 80s at the Atlantic coast and the low 90s elsewhere.

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Tuesday will bring some sun, more clouds, and widespread showers and storms.  Tuesday’s highs will be near 90 degrees.

Wednesday will be another day of some sun, more clouds, and periods of showers and storms.  Wednesday’s highs will be in the low 90s.

Thursday will feature a mix of sun and clouds with showers and storms developing in the mid to late afternoon.  Thursday’s highs will be in the low 90s.

Friday’s forecast includes sun, clouds, and widespread showers and storms.  Highs on Friday will be in the low 90s again.

It’s still busy in the tropics.  Tropical Depression # 17 formed late Sunday from the wave in the central Atlantic that we’ve been watching for a while.  At 5 am Monday, TD # 17 was located near 17.3 North, 42.1 West, and was moving west-northwest at 6 miles per hour.  Maximum sustained winds were 35 miles per hour, and TD # 17 is expected to become a tropical storms later on Monday.  In the eastern Atlantic, another wave is now Tropical Depression # 18.  At 5 am Monday, TD # 18 was located near 15.2 North, 20.3 West, and was moving west at 12 miles per hour.  Maximum sustained winds were 35 miles per hour.  TD # 18 will bring tropical storm conditions to the Cape Verde Islands on Monday.  And the trough of low pressure south-southwest of Bermuda has a low chance of developing during the next several days.

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.