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Florida Summertime Sun And Storms; Watching Tropics

Friday features lots of hot sun until showers and storms develop during the late afternoon and early evening hours, especially well inland.  Highs on Friday will be in the low 90s — but it will feel like the triple digits.

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Saturday will start with mostly sunny skies, and more widespread showers and storms will develop during the afternoon.  Saturday’s highs will be mostly in the low 90s.

Sunday will feature good sun alternating with periods of showers and a few storms.  Sunday’s highs will be in the low 90s.

Look for mostly sunny skies Monday morning, followed by showers and storms by midafternoon, especially along the Gulf coast and in the interior.  Monday’s highs will be in the low 90s.

Tuesday’s forecast calls for good sun alternating with showers and storms.  Highs on Tuesday will be in the low 90s again.

In the tropics, what was Tropical Depression # 11 became Tropical Storm Josephine.on Thursday.  At 5 am Friday,, Josephine was located near 15.3 North, 53.3 West, about 680 miles east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands.  Maximum sustained winds were 40 miles per hour.  Josephine was moving west-northwest at 17 miles per hour.  It is expected to move to the north of the islands this weekend and then turn to the northwest and west well east of South Florida and the Bahamas.  Josephine will be battered by wind shear and is expected to weaken into a remnant low by the middle of next week as it nears Bermuda.

Elsewhere, a low over North Carolina has a medium chance of becoming a tropical or subtropical depression after it moves over water and interacts with the Gulf Stream during the next several days.  This feature is forecast to remain well off the U.S. east coast should it develop.

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.