Orlando weather: Another round of afternoon storms, nuisance flooding expected in Central Florida

Orlando Weather Forecast: Sept. 11, 2024

Hurricane Francine will pull lots of tropical moisture northward and will help to dry out Florida for a few days.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Hurricane Francine will pull lots of tropical moisture northward and will help to dry out Florida for a few days.

This weekend we will finally see drier air ahead for Florida. A far less rainy pattern change arrives this weekend as low pressure forms off the Carolinas, dragging drier into Florida. This will give our region a very welcome break from a very wet last two weeks. The area may still see a few isolated storms, but it won't be as widespread or as heavy.

Tracking the Tropics

Hurricane Francine made landfall in Louisiana's Terrebonne Parish just after 6 p.m. ET as a dangerous Category 2 storm. Dangerous conditions worsened throughout the day as the storm brought life-threatening storm surges and destructive winds to the state's coastline.

By late Wednesday evening, Francine had been downgraded to a tropical storm, but the threat of flooding and tornadoes loomed.

In the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Tropical Depression 7 formed early Wednesday over the Eastern Atlantic and is expected to remain over water for many days, the National Hurricane Center said.

The system is 485 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands and moving west-northwest at 17 mph. Its maximum sustained winds are 35 mph.