Yesterday we tied the all time high temperature record for the day and today the record is in jeopardy. High pressure over Florida is building and expanding, keeping tropical cyclone Zeta away from the Suncoast, and directing our winds out of the southeast
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - It has been an wild year for everything this year including tropical cyclones. We have seen 26 named storms and an amazing 11 hurricanes. We have also had 11 named storms make landfall into the the continental U.S.But the most wild thing about all the storms this year is th
High pressure will bring us a mostly sunny day today as our winds out of the southeast transport enough moisture to trigger scattered afternoon storms. Humidity will be on the rise for the next few days and our “feels like” temperatures will approach or exceed 100 each day through mid-week
There will be a mix of sun and clouds tomorrow with scattered showers and isolated storms developing during the afternoon and evening. Temperatures will top out in the upper-80s with feels-like temperatures as high as 96 degrees.
Skies will be mostly sunny with the chance for isolated showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening. There will be a better chance for rain for areas east of I-75. Expect another warm afternoon with temperatures topping out in the upper 80s.
For tomorrow, skies will be mostly sunny with isolated showers and storms during the early afternoon becoming scattered across the Suncoast during the late afternoon and evening. Highs will top out in the upper 80s with lower rain chances on Sunday.
When compared to earlier in the week, our rain chances continue to drop today. Dry air will continue to move into the air above the Suncoast with a dry air surge on Sunday
Partly sunny with the chance for a few stray showers during the afternoon and evening. Temperatures will top out in the upper 80s with feels-like temperatures as high as 95 degrees.
Sandwiched between the Bermuda High to our north and a general area of low pressure to the south in the Caribbean, our east wind pattern continues to pump in moisture.
Some of the dry air from over the weekend still limits our Sunocast rain chances today. While it will not be a wash-out by any means, it is possible to see a showers at almost anytime today
Isolated showers can’t be ruled out for the morning commute for areas mainly east of I-75. Skies will be mostly sunny to partly sunny, and rain chances will remain isolated to scattered during the afternoon and evening. Temperatures will top out around 90 degrees.
Bands of showers will develop for the afternoon, moving from east to west across the state. Rain chances peak near 40% mid-afternoon, then fade away quickly as the sun sets.
The humidity returns tomorrow and the heat lingers with temperatures topping out near 90 degrees. A return in moisture will bring the chance for scattered showers and storms tomorrow afternoon and evening.
A weak cold front will move into the area tomorrow and eventually stall over parts of the Suncoast. This will reinforce the dry air in place bringing a slight decrease in humidity. Unfortunately, our it won’t impact our temperatures with afternoon highs topping out in the upper 80s.
Moisture will lift up from the south today and cloud cover will increase as a cold front approaches from the north. Most of the day will be warm and humid but dry this morning and early afternoon
This is the time of year we normally see cold fronts moving through every couple of weeks but not this crazy year of 2020.A weak cold front will drift through the area late Friday and will not chill us out much. We will see only a slight increase in cloudiness late Friday along with a slight chan
It will be another day with well above average high temperatures and moisture will also increase, making it feel even warmer. If you have been hoping for cooler weekend air, as I have, that hope seems more remote today.
Well that was fast! We now have 3 areas of concern that the First Alert Weather team is watching right now. All of them have a small chance of developing over the next 5 days, less than 30%. Disturbance 1 or 93L is located near the Lesser Antilles and only has a 10% chance as it moves to the WNW a
Dew points and the air temperature is expected to be in the low 70s and winds will be light, and as a result Radiation Fog or also known as Ground Fog is likely to occur for parts of the Suncoast once again early Thursday morning.
The Suncoast will see two more hot and sunny days with increasing humidity before rain chances go up. On Friday a cold front will approach and bring a chance for showers and perhaps a isolated thunderstorm in the afternoon hours. The rain chance will be about 30%.
Not much chance for rain through Thursday as some dry air in the mid to upper levels of the atmosphere remain overhead.Temperatures will stay slightly above average through Friday morning and then back down to more seasonable readings by the weekend.
The cool front that reduced our humidity a bit is now to our south and dry air aloft has moved in. Sunshine will be the hallmark of today’s forecast with a zero percent rain chance. We will enjoy slightly lower humidity but still enough moisture remains that, with our cooler morning temperatures, we
The rain is gone for now and only a slight chance for some showers with the next cold front due to move through on Friday.This front will not chill things out too much but it will be a little cooler over the weekend. Temperatures will be above average through Thursday. The average high is 86 de
A cold front has moved past our area and triggered a shower or two to our south. Over the Suncoast some drier air aloft has moved in and will sliced our rain chance to less than 10% for today and tomorrow. At the surface the moisture is still high, but lower than we experienced over the weekend.
A southwesterly flow will allow scattered showers and isolated storms to move onshore and push inland throughout the morning and into the afternoon. Showers will become hit & miss during the late afternoon and early evening. Highs will top out in the mid-to-upper 80s.
As major Hurricane Delta closes in on a landfall later this afternoon or evening, we continue to have reduced rain chances on the Suncoast today. The greatest impact on the Suncoast from Delta will be the coastal wave action that will bring a high risk of rip currents for today and the weekend
2020 the year that keeps bringing bad news will continue to do that for the people in Lake Charles LA. Electricity has just been restored to 100% of the people who live there on Monday from hurricane Laura 6 weeks ago.
Although Hurricane Delta will remain far from the Suncoast it will have impacts on our weather. Similar to Hurricane Laura, which hit the same general location where Delta is forecast to make landfall, wave action propagating outward and across the Gulf will produce an increasing risk of rip current
Delta has calmed down a bit to a category 1 hurricane with winds of 85 mph but those winds are expected to get back up to 115 mph as early as Friday morning as it moves over some warm deep water in the west central Gulf. Storm surge will be the biggest threat as it makes landfall into the Louisiana
Hurricane Delta moves over the Yucatan Peninsula today and emerges into the Gulf waters by evening. As this happens mid and upper wind flow brings in some drier air aloft. This will help limit rain fall today and delay the onset of showers till late in the afternoon or early in the evening
Can you imagine two major hurricanes making landfall in the basically the same area in just under 2 months. That may happen in SW Louisiana later this week.Major hurricane Delta will move into the south central Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday after it passes over the Yucatan and then onto toward
A surge of tropical moisture in advance of Hurricane Delta will bring good rainfall chances to the Suncoast today and, most likely, Wednesday. After that, with Delta likely to be a major hurricane in the western Gulf waters, drier air will move in and reduce rain chances
Tropical moisture will continue to bring clouds and good rain chances to the Suncoast. Additionally, we have a stalled front draped across Florida that will help lift the warm, moist air. That combination is the recipe for wide spread cloud cover and scattered showers.
For tomorrow, partly sunny skies with a developing ridge of high pressure across the state of Florida, which will allow temperatures to warm back into the upper-80s. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will return during the afternoon and early evening.
Skies will be cloudy and a warm front will begin to move through the Suncoast bringing numerous showers and isolated storms at any time. Models are suggesting rain totals to range anywhere from 0.10-1.00″ with higher rain totals for areas that see thunderstorms.
With the tropics heating up again it’s a good time to remind everyone “it’s not over till it’s over” as the late great Yogi Berra once said.The official end of this crazy 2020 hurricane season is November 30th so we still have just under 2 months to go before the official end.
A complex pattern rising air, increasing moisture, frontal boundaries and tropical systems will bring unsettled and evolving weather changes to the Suncoast
A tropical disturbance over the NW Caribbean will stay to our south over the weekend as it moves over the Yucatan and into the SW Gulf of Mexico. This system has a really good chance of becoming the next named storm soon.
Its hard to believe, given the beautiful weather I’ve forecast over the next few days, that conditions could rapidly change on Sunday as temperatures rise and skies darken. The confidence in the Sunday through Wednesday forecast are still relatively low as slight variations in intensity and position
we are now monitoring two areas for the possibility of developing. Tropical disturbance number 1 is south of Jamaica and is moving to the WNW. This now has a really good chance (70%) of developing into a tropical depression on Saturday and into a possible named storm over the weekend.
A weather pattern shift will bring lovely weather for several days to the Suncoast. Morning temperatures started off ten degrees cooler in northern locations and a breezy north wind continues to draw down the lower humidity air.
The much advertised cold front is due to arrive overnight and push through most of our area by Sunrise on Wednesday. There will still be some cloudiness in the morning especially in Charlotte and S. Sarasota Counties but we can expect some clearing skies and cooler weather to hang around through Fr
A cool front will approach the Suncoast today and trigger better chances for showers and thunderstorms in the second half of the day. While severe weather is not expected, thunderstorms with some heavy rain will be possible
It may be too early to bust out the sweaters from the closet that you tucked away 6 months ago, but temperatures will drop into the low to mid 60s by Thursday morning for some here along the Suncoast.
For a few more days the atmosphere over the Suncoast will be steeped in moisture and primed to produce thunderstorms, some of which could produce heavy rains.
Skies will be partly sunny with a stray shower possible along the coast tomorrow morning. Showers and thunderstorms will become scattered across the Suncoast during the afternoon and evening. Showers and storms will be slow moving and could produce localized flooding and gusty winds.
It will be a quiet start with scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developing during the late afternoon and evening. Temperatures will top out around 90 degrees with feels-like temperatures ranging anywhere from 98-101 degrees.
An early season cold front is set to move through the Suncoast on Wednesday, which will bring a taste of fall to the area. Highs and lows will run roughly 5-degrees below average beginning on Wednesday, and lasting through next weekend.
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The heat is on for the weekend as it will feel like summer once again with highs in the upper 80′s to low 90′s and a heat index nearing 100 each afternoon.
Mostly sunny with temperatures will top out close to 90 degrees with feels-like temperatures as high as 100 degrees. A stray shower can’t be ruled out along the coast during the morning hours, scattered showers and isolated storms developing along the sea breeze during the afternoon.
That didn’t take long. The heat and humidity are back for a few days before the next cold front on Wednesday. We will see mostly sunny skies in the morning on Friday with a little warmer start than we have been seeing lately. Lows on Friday will be in the mid 70′s for most everywhere.
Skies will be mostly sunny with a gradual increase in moisture this afternoon. As a result, scattered showers and isolated storms are possible during the late afternoon and evening. Temperatures will top out in the upper-80s and low-90s.
One more morning of this nice early fall weather then the humidity climbs back up to summer levels by the weekend. High pressure will get bumped to our SE and this will switch our winds around to the SE and this change in direction from the east to the southeast will give us a better chance for s
At least the sweat factor has gone down unlike the temperatures. The average temperature for Tuesday was just one degree below average. I think because the summer heat was so unbearable this year that the big drop in humidity got everyone in a better mood for a little while anyway.
The autumnal equinox, which translates to “equal night” officially starts at 09:31 a.m. on Tuesday Sept. 22nd. That is when the sun’s direct rays are shining right on the equator and everyone has 12 hours of darkness and naturally 12 hours of light as well.
For tomorrow, skies will be partly cloudy with the chance for an isolated shower or thunderstorm through the afternoon. A backdoor front will move through the area tomorrow evening lowering dew points as a surge of drier air arrives. Temperatures will top out near 90 degrees with breezy NE winds.
Skies will be partly sunny with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms building across the Suncoast during the afternoon and lasting into the evening hours. Temperatures will top out in the upper 80s and low 90s and winds will be breezy out of the northeast at 10-20 mph with high
For only the second time in 60 years we have run out of names for the Atlantic hurricane season. Today Friday Sept. 18th 3 disturbances were given names in the Atlantic basin.
An onshore flow is apparent and as a result showers and isolated thunderstorms will move in from the Gulf of Mexico at any time today. Temperatures will top out in the upper-80s and low-90s, with feels-like temperatures as high as 105 degrees.
We are well ahead of the pace of 2005 hurricane season when we saw a record 28 named storms that year. On this date in 2005 we were watching the 16th named storm today we are now watching the 22nd tropical depression of this season.
A southwesterly flow will continue across the Suncoast which will allow rich Gulf moisture to remain overhead. While, we aren’t expecting a wash-out today, showers and isolated thunderstorms are possible at any time as they stream in from the Gulf of Mexico. Temperatures will top out near 90 degrees
As Sally slowly fades over the Southeast U.S. another tropical system may pop up in the western Gulf of Mexico. The chances of that happening have increased dramatically over the past 24 hours.There is a 70% chance for it to develop into the 21st named storm of the season. Long range models are
With Sally slowing down to a snails pace south of Alabama we can expect the clouds to hang around here through Wednesday.We will also see showers and thunderstorms rolling in from the Gulf pinwheeling around Sally as it drifts northward at less than 10 miles an hour.
Wave action moving outward from Sally brings another day with rip currents in our area waters. In the video I describe what a rip current is and how it impacts swimmers.
The Suncoast has dodged another bullet as Sally takes aim on the northern Gulf coast states Tuesday.It has been an active year to say the least. So far there has been 20 named storms this season in the Atlantic basin and we are on pace to surpass the record setting year of 2005 when there were 28
The tropical cyclone in our offshore waters, named Sally, has it’s eye set on the northern Gulf coast. Nevertheless, it will impact us with several hazards Monday
It’ll be a cloudy start with widespread showers to kick off the morning commute. Showers and isolated thunderstorms are likely through the afternoon with an additional 1-3 inches rain possible through the evening.
Hurricane warnings are now up for parts of the northern Gulf coast from Louisiana to Mississippi as Sally is getting more organized in the Gulf. Sally is now tapping into the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico this morning.
Tropical Storm Sally will dictate our local weather through tomorrow bringing on and off tropical downpours and gusty winds. Localized flooding and an isolated tornado can’t be ruled out.
