Storms began igniting in the heat of our 4th of July afternoon. As the east coast and west coast sea breezes collided, more storms to fired up, and some became severe. We had reports of numerous trees down east of Ocala near Silver Springs Shores and south of Burbank in Marion County. We’re looking for a clear to partly cloudy sky overnight with lows in the middle 70s.

In Volusia County, Daytona International Speedway is clearing the grandstands and urging fans to get to safety because of severe weather and lightning forecasted for the area around the speedway. Sprint Qualifying races have been cancelled.

Photos: Lightning strikes over Cinderella Castle at Disney World


View: StormTracker 13 Interactive Radar

Map: Cloud-to-Ground Lightning

Sunday’s set up is similar, with showers and thunderstorms developing along the sea breezes by early to mid-afternoon. More heavy downpours, frequent lightning, gusty wind and small hail will be possible. Our pattern is forecast to change up a bit into next week. High pressure shifting into the Atlantic will keep our wind out of the east-southeast, and the onshore flow is expected to push the east coast sea breeze along as it has yesterday and today. This means rain chances stay high through Tuesday, before scaling back a bit Wednesday through Friday as the high shifts further north. Highs are expected to remain in the low to mid 90s for at least the next 7 days, with lows in the middle 70s.

Still nothing going on in the Atlantic basin, but 2 areas of low pressure are being monitored in the eastern Pacific. The tropical forecast for our area keeps us quiet for the next 5 days. Be sure to tune in at :51 past every hour, every day for your tropical update!

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