We are in the heart of the dry season here in Central Florida. It has been nearly two weeks since our last measurable rainfall in most parts of the nine county viewing area. We last saw a measurable rain of at least 0.10" thirteen days ago. One exception, Daytona Beach saw just over a 0.10" of rain on Nov. 6.

Reporting Stations:

  • Orlando International Airport: Nov. 2 0.27"
  • Orlando Executive Airport: Nov. 2 0.50"
  • Daytona Beach: Nov. 6 0.19"
  • Leesburg: Nov. 2 0.60"
  • Sanford: Nov. 2 0.057"

However, showers will break that dry spell tonight and into the weekend. An area of disturbed weather moves overhead from the Gulf of Mexico. This brings plenty of clouds and showers to Central Florida fir a good part of the weekend. Also, the weather pattern remains unsettled heading into next week as another frontal boundary moves into the state.

Tonight, rain chances will continue to climb. Look for scattered showers under mostly cloudy skies through the evening hours as temperatures top in the mid to upper 70s. Winds will come in from the east at around 10 mph, with some stronger winds along the shoreline south of the cape. Cloudy skies and mild temperatures are on tap overnight. Low temperatures through the overnight hours will fall only into the upper 60s to around 70 degrees, which is about ten degrees above normal for this time of year.

Saturday will be another gloomy day with mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers.  It will be warm with high temperatures in the low 80s.  The disturbance from the Gulf will begin to move out through the day, lessoning our rain chances by the afternoon and evening.  Only a small chance of rain will continue on Sunday before increasing with a front on Monday.

By Sunday, slightly drier air returns, lowering rain chances to 20 percent. Temperatures continue to moderate in the warm southerly flow, with highs back into the low to mid 80s.

Heading into next week, another cold front moves toward the state. This keeps much needed rain chances in place for a couple of days. No major cool down is expected behind this frontal boundary next week.

In the tropics, the Atlantic Basin remains quiet and no formation is expected for several days. The Atlantic hurricane season continues until November 30th.