The chill will be on for the weekend as the cold front will be well to our south by sunrise on Saturday. It will be blustery to start the day with winds blowing out of the northwest at 20 mph along with some higher gusts at times. Look for a mixture of sun and clouds throughout the day on Saturday
Friday will make it two days in a row we will see sunshine to start the day as high pressure holds on for just a little while longer before a cold front moves in later in the day on Friday. Temperatures will warm into the low 70′s for most. We will see clouds on the increase later in the day as the
Drier air moves in above the Suncoast today as sunshine returns. Rain has come to an end, for now. With the exception of one brief rain chance Friday evening, the next 7 days look to be rain-free and cool with lots of sunshine
Florida has not been living up to its name as of late with dreary weather dominating our skies for several days now. This will come to a change on Thursday as the disturbance which brought us the clouds and rain will be moving out for a short period of time.
Yesterday’s front is stalled to our south and moisture is converging in a plume aloft. What is needed to produce rain over the state is rising air. That ingredient will be provided today courtesy of an upper-level low spinning out of Texas and heading for Florida
“Let the sunshine in” the famous words from the 5th Dimension song “Aquarius” is an order we want filled on Wednesday but it’s not going to happen. An old front, a piece of energy, in the upper levels of the atmosphere and an active jet stream means we will have to wait a day until we see sunshine
A weak cold front sinking past the area and stalling south of us will bring unsettled and slightly cooler weather to the Suncoast Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday morning will start off mild with a slight chance of sprinkles or brief light rain
A weak cold front will be making its way through the area on Tuesday around noon. This will swing the winds around to the NW and bring in some cooler temperatures for the rest of the work week.
After a weekend characterized by cold mornings and chilly afternoons, a warm-up today will return us to average or even above-average high temperatures.
It’s going to feel like Winter this weekend unlike the past weekend when temperatures soared into the low 80′s. It’s going to be a chilly weekend with high temperatures struggling to get into the 60′s both Saturday and Sunday.
The Severe Storm Prediction Center places the Suncoast at a low risk for strong to severe storms this evening. It’s a cautionary alert due to a shifting wind out of the south that will bring a surge of humidity to the Suncoast late in the day, just as a cold front approaches our coastline
Warm southeast winds will move in on Thursday allowing temperatures to reach the low to mid 70′s. We will see a slight increase in cloud cover in advance of the next cold front. Skies will be partly cloudy on Thursday with winds picking up a bit in the afternoon.
With a zephyr out of the north on Wednesday temperatures will be below average to start the day with lows in the mid 40′s away from the water and in the low 50′s near the coast. We will once again see plenty of sunshine on Wednesday as high pressure remains in control over the SE U.S.
High pressure dominates the weather this week and will direct our weather out of a generally north direction. Additionally, another shot of dry air will surge into the area today.
The first work week of 2021 will be cool one with temperatures slightly below average with is 71 for a high and 52 for a low. High pressure will be dominating our weather for the next 3 days. So look for generally fair skies with no chance for rain until late Thursday as a cold front begins to...
Hit & miss showers will usher in our next cold front arriving in the mid-morning hours. Temperatures will only warm up a few degrees, with highs topping out near 70 degrees.
The first day of 2021 will be a warm one with highs topping out in the low-80s. Expect a mix of sun-and-clouds and winds will remain breezy out of the south-southeast at 10-15 mph with wind gusts up to 25 mph.
Over the next few days our shifting winds will increase humidity and daytime high temperatures. Even today our temperatures will run a degree or two warmer than yesterday
An expanding area of high pressure will direct winds out of the northeast to east and finally southeast by New Years Eve. The easterly, but shifting winds keep us in a warming trend that boosts high temperatures into the mid 70′s
A ‘Marginal Risk’ (1/5) remains in place for the Suncoast for the potential to see an embedded strong storm ahead of the approaching cold front. The main threats include strong winds, heavy downpours and a brief spin up waterspout or tornado.
Our Christmas Eve cold front is right on track for tonight. This morning starts with potential for severe storms in the Panhandle and parts of the northwest Gulf Coast.
If you have an early tee time on Saturday bundle up it’s going to be cold. Temperatures will be in the upper 40′s from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. with winds out of the NE at 10 mph making it feel colder at times.
Winds are in the process of shifting and that spells a change in the weather when you live in Florida. For us, the shift in a north wind to an east wind signals a warm-up by the weekend
North winds will blow in the chilly weather to start the day on Friday. Temperatures will be in the mid to upper 40s around sunrise and only warm into the low 60s by the mid afternoon. There will be plenty of sunshine as high pressure brings in drier and cooler air on a north wind at 10-15 mph.
On Wednesday, tornado warnings were being issued for a tornadic thunderstorm that produced two tornadoes. The National Weather Service (NWS) completed a storm damage survey on Thursday of the damage that occurred in Pinellas, Hillsborough, and in Polk counties.
Temperatures stay flat today as a northwest wind over the Gulf waters draws in cooler air, which will work against any daytime heating. Daytime high temperatures will only be a few degrees warmer than morning lows.
A strong storm system brought tornadoes to Pinellas, Hillsborough and Polk Counties Wednesday afternoon while we got luck and missed the brunt of the rough stuff in our local area.
A plume of warm and unstable air in Gulf waters will colocate with upper air energy and atmospheric spin to create an environment supportive of the strongest kind of thunderstorms, called supercells
A storm system gathering over the deep south will whip a cold front our way and bring a good chance for showers and isolated thunderstorms late Wednesday afternoon through the early evening.
High pressure will build back into the area today to bring us a rather typical December day. We get a brief return to near normal temperatures and lower humidity with dry skies and more sun
A weak cold front will move near the Suncoast overnight. Don’t expect a repeat performance of last weeks front which brought frost to some parts of the Suncoast. This one will bring temperatures back down to seasonable averages. It will eventually stall near our area bringing some low clouds and som
The first of several fronts will move past the Suncoast today with only marginal chances for producing weather. Falling mostly as rain with only small changes for a thunderstorm, the precipitation will likely fall in the late morning or early afternoon
Skies will be mostly cloudy to partly sunny tomorrow with highs topping out in the mid-70s. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible ahead and along the cold front that will move across the area during the late afternoon and evening.
Beach weather returns just in time for the weekend as a warm wind blows in from the SE. The average high for this time of year is 74 and we should be several degrees above that. The record for Saturday is 85 which was set as recently as 2015. Some inland communities like Lakewood Ranch and Myakka ci
We will remain under the influence of a high pressure allowing for lots of sunshine this afternoon. The warming trend continues will highs topping out at 72-74 degrees and winds will be out of the east at 5-10 mph.
If you like warmer weather you are in luck! High pressure is slipping off the east coast of Florida tonight allowing our winds to turn more toward the east on Friday. This will bump the temperatures up to more seasonable readings. Look for some patchy fog in the morning followed by mostly sunny s
There will be a mix of sun and clouds this afternoon with highs topping out in the low-70s. The warming trend will continue into the weekend with highs approaching 80 degrees in a few spots on Sunday.
After a frosty start on Wednesday look for warmer temperatures to start the day on Thursday. Lows will be in the low to mid 50′s near the coast and mid to upper 40′s elsewhere. Skies will be clear and winds will be light.
Get the ice scraper ready Wednesday morning as frost is expected for many inland areas. A frost advisory is in effect for Hardee, Desoto and Highlands Counties. We may see a little frost on some roofs and cars a couple miles inland from the Gulf as well. So if you are worried about your tropical
A couple of cold fronts have cleared the area and now the NW wind blows in another round of winter temperatures for the Suncoast. Tuesday will start off in the mid to upper 40′s for most and low 40′s well inland.
The overnight rain showers will come to an end as cooler air filters into the Suncoast. As the front that produced the showers sinks south our skies will clear and sunshine will return
Rain will increase in coverage during the overnight hours with heavy downpours at times. There will be a few lingering showers after sunrise when the cold front moves across the Suncoast.
We have a dry Sunday, just a little cooler than Saturday. But we are tracking a cold front moving in overnight with rain developing, mainly after midnight.
We have a tale of two cold fronts this morning, and cold front #1 is moving through Saturday morning. That means a cloudier morning, even an isolated shower or two
Most of the rain will be out of here by sunrise on Saturday as a cold front clears the area around daybreak. Behind this front some slightly cooler and drier air will settle in through the weekend.
The rollercoaster ride of temperatures will be evident on Friday as highs go back above average. Earlier this week we saw the coldest air of the season move in with highs on Monday only in the 50′s and lows in the 30′s. Friday’s high will be 78 degrees!
Skies will be mostly sunny this afternoon and the warming trend continues across the Suncoast with temperatures topping out in the low-to-mid 70s. Clouds will begin to increase through the evening due to an increase in low level moisture across the region.
The early Florida chill will be around for one more morning before things start to warm up again. The lows to start the day will be in the upper 40′s which is 10 degrees warmer than the frigid start we experienced Wednesday. You will still need a jacket to start the day but can take it off by noon
We are jumping right into Winter as lows are expected to be in the upper 30′s well inland and low to mid 40′s elsewhere. With the wind blowing NE at 10-15 mph it will feel much cooler. Winds chills will be in the low to mid 30′s from about 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. so bundle up as you head out the door.
