
By Donna Thomas, SouthFloridaReporter.com Meteorologist, Aug 21, 2015 – Some morning showers and a few storms are in the forecast for South Florida on Friday. After a muggy start, look for mid to late morning showers (with a maybe a storm in spots), highs in the sticky low 90s, and a few inland storms that could push back into the western suburbs.
Saturday and Sunday will feature afternoon storms and highs in the low 90s, with some higher readings in spots. Back to school time will feel like summertime, with afternoon storms and highs in the low 90s on Monday and through midweek.
Hurricane Danny strengthened slightly overnight, and some further strengthening is possible before it runs into serious obstacles. As of 5 am Friday, Danny was located near 13.7 North, 47.4 West, moving west-northwest at 10 miles per hour. Maximum sustained winds were 85 miles per hour, but this is a very small storm with a tiny area of hurricane force winds. Danny will eventually move more to the west and will encounter dry air and wind shear, which should weaken it to a tropical storm before it reaches the Leeward Islands on Monday. Danny is likely to pass over or near Puerto Rico on Tuesday and interact with the mountains of Hispaniola on Wednesday, likely disrupting its circulation severely. We’ll be watching Danny (or its remnants) closely to see any possible effects on our area next week.
Elsewhere in the tropics, the area of disturbed weather a few hundred miles south-

southwest of Bermuda is moving north slowly and has a medium chance of developing tropical or subtropical characteristics over the next 5 days, according to the National Hurricane Center. And the wave just off the African coast is moving slowly westward and has a low chance of developing over the next few days.