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Strong to Severe Afternoon Storms

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South Florida will be sticky Tuesday morning and stormy during the afternoon and evening.

afternoonLook for building clouds, highs in the mid 80s, and storms developing around lunchtime on the west coast and after about 2 pm in the metro areas of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. Damaging winds, small hail, periods of heavy rain, and dangerous lightning are likely with these storms.

afternoonActivity will taper off during the evening, but some showers and will linger on a breezy Wednesday. Wednesday’s highs will be mostly in the mid 80s.

Thursday will be breezy with just a few passing showers, and highs will be in the mid 80s again.

Unsettled weather returns on Friday, and showers and storms will be in the forecast through the weekend.

It’s no April Fool’s joke — showers and storms return on Friday, kicking off a wet weekend. Friday’s highs will be in the mid to upper 80s as we continue to wonder what happened to spring.

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By Donna Thomas, SouthFloridaReporter.com Meteorologist, Mar. 29, 2016 

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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.