A weak cold front is slowly working its way down the Florida peninsula this afternoon. Look for this front to lose strength as it moves through late tonight.
A weak cold front will move to central Florida by Wednesday afternoon and bring an increase in cloudiness throughout the day along with a 30% chance for a few showers and an isolated thunderstorm.
High pressure will continue to bring generally sunny skies throughout much of the day with less than a 20% chance for an inland shower through Tuesday.
The 13th named storm of the season has formed outside of the tropics off the coast of New York. Melissa is called a subtropical storm which is expected to move to the NE over the weekend and weaken as a cold front picks it up and carries it off the into the open waters of the Atlantic.
The system which brought the rain to parts of the Suncoast this past week is slipping away and high pressure is building in. This will bring plenty of sunshine and slightly cooler weather our way over the weekend.
With plenty of moisture in place and a line of low pressure we can expect hit or miss showers and isolated thunderstorms to roll through the Suncoast on Wednesday and Thursday.
An area of concern now located from S. Florida through the Yucatan has a very small chance of developing over the next several days as it moves NE through the area.
No cold fronts on the horizon for the Suncoast at this time. We usually don’t see a strong cold front for the Suncoast until the 2nd week of Oct. One long range model is showing a cold front sliding through our area next Saturday (Oct. 13th).
This past September was the warmest on record and now that we are in Oct. this trend continues. The temperature on Wednesday got to 93 degrees just missing the record high by 1 degree.
The heat index was 102 degrees around 3 p.m. at the Sarasota/Bradenton airport. There are two cold fronts are projected to move down to the SE U.S. over the next 10 days.
Near record breaking temperatures everyday this week with highs in the low to mid 90′s for the 1st. 4 days of Fall. This will not change over the weekend.
Strong upper winds and dry air will be the demise of tropical storm Karen as it eventually weakens to a trough of low pressure early next week. The trough of low pressure may get close enough to Florida to bring in some instability and moisture next week which will enhance our rain chances.
For the 1st. 2 days of Fall temperatures soared into the low to mid 90′s here along the Suncoast. The official high was 93 degrees just 2 degrees shy of the record.
Well, well, well, the 1st. day of Fall and it felt like the peak of Summer with a near record breaking high of 93 degrees at the Sarasota/Bradenton airport.
It has been really nice lately with low humidity making it feel quite comfortable along the Suncoast. This trend will continue on Tuesday with mostly sunny skies expected and little chance for rain.
This is it! Finally summer is just about over and we can get ready for cool dry weather right? Well no, not really. Summer officially ends on Monday morning.
After two straight days of setting or tying record high temperatures, get ready for a bit of a cooling trend as a backdoor cold front moves through the Suncoast.
It appears that we’ve dodged another bullet as this tropical system will stay well to our east over the weekend. Earlier this week forecast models were suggesting a Florida strike and had it moving across the State and bringing much more rain and windy conditions to our area.
Well here we go again! The two of the most reliable storm forecast models are at odds as to what is going to happen with this tropical system over the next several days.
Dry air will continue to hang around through Wednesday with little chance for showers in the afternoon and early evening. Look for mostly sunny skies on Wednesday with highs in the mid 90′s inland and low 90′s near the coast.
Thursday night at the Gold Coast Eagle distributorship headquarters in Lakewood Ranch the “My Breast Friends 941” held its first ever fundraiser to raise awareness and money to help families, friends and survivors who are going through this difficult time.
Hurricane Dorian continues to move toward the Carolina coast and dry air continues to spill in behind it. That means we can expect plenty of sunshine on Thursday with highs in the low 90′s.
Dorian continues to move away from the NW Bahamas staying offshore of Florida as it moves NW at 5-10 mph. The top winds now down to 110 mph making it a strong category 2 hurricane.
For the past 2 days now Dorian has been ripping up the NW Bahama Islands with winds of 185 mph. Those winds are now down to 140 mph with gusts of 175 mph.
