South Florida will see plenty of hot sun on Sunday as we watch Hurricane Irma in the Atlantic. In our neighborhood, Sunday will bring good sun, clouds at times, a moderate risk of dangerous rip currents at the Atlantic beaches, and a stray shower or storm in some spots (mostly well inland). Highs on Sunday will be in the low 90s.
Labor Day will bring a return to early coastal showers and afternoon storms in some locations, but we’ll also have periods of sun. Monday’s highs will be in the low 90s.
Tuesday will see more of the same — some sun and passing showers and storms at times. Tuesday’s highs will be in the low 90s.
Look for an early shower in spots on Wednesday, along with a mix of sun and clouds before afternoon storms form along the sea breeze.
Thursday will be on the rainy side, with passing showers and storms in the forecast. Highs on Thursday will be near 90 degrees.
We continue to watch powerful Hurricane Irma closely. At 5 am Sunday, Irma was located near 18.0 North, 47.5 West, and was moving west-southwest at 15 miles per hour. Maximum sustained winds were 115 miles per hour, and strengthening is likely as Irma moves into warmer waters. Irma is forecast to be near the Lesser Antilles by midweek and near the southeastern Bahamas by late next week. Computer models are not yet in agreement on the track beyond that point. But it is likely that our area could be in the four and five day forecast cone soon. The message right now is to make sure you have a hurricane plan and pick up any items that you need for your hurricane supplies — just in case. Then we’ll watch Irma carefully for the timing of a turn to the west and then west-northwest in a day or two — critical in forecasting the hurricane’s future track.
Elsewhere the tropics, the wave that’s a few hundred miles west of the Cape Verde Islands has a high chance of becoming a depression during the next 5 days.
