A tropical disturbance E. of the N. Bahamas will move closer to Florida on Thursday. This system will bring some slightly drier air our way on Thursday out ahead of this tropical wave.

It’s not much but Chantal has formed in the N. Atlantic tonight.

Some slightly drier air will be hanging around through Thursday in the mid to upper levels of the atmosphere mean only a few late day storms on Wednesday. Some of those storms could bring some moderate to heavy rainfall and some dangerous lightning.

With the predominate west wind gone and now an east to southeast wind we can expect mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms to develop each day this week and move from inland areas toward the coast.

The front which has been responsible for all the rain is about to fade away but not until late Saturday. High pressure will build back to our north which will switch our winds around to the SE which will bring mainly afternoon and evening storms coming to the coast from inland areas.

Just one more day of gloomy weather and then things start to improve for the weekend. We have declared Friday as a First Alert Weather day due to the possibility of minor flooding and rip currents along the area beaches.

A cold front will continue to drift to the N. Gulf of Mexico on Thursday this will keep a high pressure system suppressed to our south. This will continue to funnel warm moist air in from the Gulf right into our area through Friday and possibly the weekend.

High pressure has been pushed to the south of the Suncoast and is now positioned over the Keys and Florida Straits. This has been the pattern as of late and will stay that way through the weekend.

This pattern of morning showers and thunderstorms along the coast will continue through the rest of this work week.

Stay hydrated this weekend as very sticky weather will be in play through Sunday.

Westerly winds around an area of high pressure in the Gulf will allow for some scattered showers along the coast in the morning and early afternoon and then the main focus of storms shifts inland later in the day.

With the bulk of the hurricane season before us NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has raised the chances of this season being an above average one.

The morning storms we’ve been seeing lately will be fading away along with the stationary front to our north.

Look for one more day of showers and thunderstorms moving in from the Gulf and dumping some heavy rainfall at times for some along the Suncoast.

A cold front has moved into N. Florida and the N. Gulf of Mexico. While it is rare to get a cold front this far south during this time of year it’s not unheard of.

Cold fronts usually don’t make it all the way down to Florida during the heart of Summer but this one is going to do just that. This front will get hung up over N. Florida on Wednesday and force a lot of moisture into W. Central Florida through Thursday.

A strong cold front will make its way down all the way to the N. Florida cooling things down across much of the eastern U.S. after a very hot weekend.

No big changes over the weekend with plenty of sunshine during the morning then increasing cloudiness later in the day with a pretty good chance for late day storms.

Once again look for a few late day storms on Friday with generally sunny skies to start the day. Highs will be close to average for this time of year, right around 90 degrees.

With a nice southeast wind to start the day on Thursday we will see mostly sunny skies to start the day. Once again a sea breeze will kick in and bring a good chance for late day storms, some of which could be strong to severe.

You can say we are into a typical summer pattern now as high pressure is located to our north and east. This brings in the SE wind flow which pumps up the moisture and collides with the sea breeze bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms to the Suncoast during the late afternoon and early eveni

Barry is now a post-tropical cyclone and continues to bring some rainfall to parts of Louisiana tonight. Luckily for New Orleans it spared them for the most part.

The pressure is lowering and conditions are becoming more favorable for Barry to get stronger on Friday. Shear has been to blame in keeping Barry as a weak tropical storm on Thursday.

The first hurricane of the season is expected to develop by Friday and make landfall somewhere from SE Texas to SE Louisiana on Saturday.

Another First Alert Weather day for Wednesday for the Suncoast. The low pressure that has been over GA has emerged over the very warm water of the NE Gulf of Mexico Tuesday evening.

An area of low pressure over Georgia is set to emerge into the NE Gulf on Tuesday. From there it will drift slowly to the south over some very warm water and then to the west through this work week.

Big weekend ahead for the Sarasota Powerboats Grand Prix festival. The races are on Sunday off of Lido beach at 10 a.m. and we could see a few storms around which may disrupt the event for a little while due to a wind shift change on Sunday.

Many will have the day off on Friday to continue their Fourth of July weekend. We will not have the day off from the heat however as highs are expected to reach 92 degrees and a heat index around 104 in the afternoon.

Once again it going to be a scorcher for the 4th as highs will be in the low to mid 90s and a heat index approaching advisory levels in the afternoon.

Southwest winds means high humidity along with a heat index in the range of 102 to 108 on Tuesday.