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Hot Florida Holiday Weekend, Very Busy Tropics

Friday features plenty of hot sun, hazy skies, and a few mostly Gulf coast showers and storms.  A moderate risk of dangerous rip currents remains at the Atlantic beaches.  Highs on Friday will be in the low 90s in the east coast metro area and the mid-90s along the Gulf coast, but it will feel at least 10 degrees hotter, so stay out of the sun and drink plenty of water.

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Saturday will bring a mix of sun and clouds with periods of showers and storms.  Look for a brisk ocean breeze and an elevated risk of dangerous rip currents along the Atlantic coast.  Saturday’s highs will be in the low 90s in the east coast metro area and the mid-90s along the Gulf coast and well inland.

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

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Labor Day will see plenty of clouds and widespread showers and storms.  Monday’s highs will be in the low 90s.

Tuesday’s forecast includes partly sunny skies and periods of showers and storms.  Highs on Tuesday will be in the low 90s.

It’s really busy in the tropics.  First, the named systems:  what’s left of Nana is bringing additional rain to portions of Central America, and Tropical Depression Omar is weakening quickly in the open Atlantic.  And there’s a non-tropical low to the northeast of Omar that has a low chance of becoming a subtropical depression before the cold waters of the North Atlantic do it in.

We’re also watching three features in or near the eastern Atlantic.  One is the low which has been meandering for the last few days, and it has a medium chance of development during the next several days.  A vigorous tropical wave that’s now south of the Cape Verde Islands has a high chance of becoming a depression, and we’ll watch it closely  Finally, yet another wave is expected to move off the African coast in a couple of days, and this wave has a medium chance of developing by early next week.


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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.