ORLANDO, Fla. — A warm front lifting across Central Florida today brought the heat and moisture back, and helped provide the lift necessary for scattered showers and storms. 

We even tracked out a few really good downpours that dropped several inches of rain in spots.  While most will be dry, there’s a chance for a coastal shower as we head toward daybreak. Lows stay on the mild side in the upper 60s to lower 70s.

Instability remains in place as moisture in the atmosphere lingers through Tuesday and highs climb back into the low to mid-80s area wide. Rain and a few rumbles are possible during the afternoon with coverage around 40 percent. We’re not forecasting anything strong. 

High pressure develops over the western Atlantic Wednesday and Thursday, keeping us well above average in the temperature department and muggy too. We lower our rain coverage to only 20 or 30 percent those two days with highs in the middle 80s.

By Friday, an approaching cold front brings shower and storm coverage to 50 percent with highs in the lower 80s. We’ll keep an isolated shower threat in Saturday, but are forecasting a mainly dry and much cooler weekend ahead.

Highs dip into the 70s and lows into the 50s and 60s. Another front early next week could reinforce the drier and cooler air, finally signaling the start of our dry season.

Tropical Update

In the tropics, there are no systems to track at this time.

The hurricane season runs through November 30.

Beach and Surf Conditions

Surfers, you may be able to catch some decent waves the first half of Tuesday with a local east-northeast windswell and wave heights up around three to four feet. Afternoon conditions look poor as our wave action is mushed up.

A moderate threat of rip currents will be with us most of this week, so use extra caution if swimming. Sea surface temps have leveled off in the upper 70s to lower 80s along our east coast.

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