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Tropical Rains Linger

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tropical rainsTropical rains will linger over South Florida on Wednesday. Look for periods of showers and storms, heavy downpours in spots, and highs near 90 degrees.

tropical rainsDrier air will begin to move in on Thursday, but a few early showers and an inland storm or two are in the forecast. Thursday’s highs will be near 90 degrees.

We’ll be on the dry side on Friday, and with highs in the low 90s and little or no rain, it will feel like the low 100s.

A few early showers and an afternoon storm or two will return this weekend, and highs on both Saturday and Sunday will be in the muggy low 90s.

Faith Based Events

tropical rainsTropical Storm Earl has strengthened in the western Caribbean and is expected to reach hurricane strength before making landfall in Belize or the southern Yucatan coast on Thursday. At 5 am Wednesday, Earl was located near 16.1 North, 83.7 West, and was moving west at 14 miles per hour. Maximum sustained winds were near 65 miles per hour.

Earl is already bringing heavy rain and gusty winds to portions of Honduras and Nicaragua.

[vc_message message_box_style=”3d” message_box_color=”turquoise”]By Donna Thomas, SouthFloridaReporter.com Meteorologist, Aug. 3, 2016[/vc_message]

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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.