Orlando weather: Expect partly cloudy skies and scattered storms this evening

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Published  September 21, 2024 10:48am EDT
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Orlando Weather PM Forecast: September 21, 2024

FOX 35 meteorologist Laurel Blanchard has a look at the PM forecast for Sept. 21, 2024.

ORLANDO, Fl - The weekend is starting on a beautiful note! Tonight will consist of partly cloudy skies and scattered storms.

However, the storms should only last until about 8PM. Clear skies are expected through the overnight.  

Tonight's temperatures will fall into the mid to low 70s for an enjoyable Saturday night. 

Looking ahead:

Expect low humidity and minimal rain chances for the rest of the weekend.

Temperatures will stay in the upper 80s and humidity will stay low. 

Low rain chances will continue through the start of the workweek and will pick back up Thursday into next weekend as we watch the potential of tropical activity.

Tracking the Tropics:

We are currently tracking four disturbances in the tropics. 

Central Subtropical Atlantic (Remnants of Gordon)

The remnants of what was Tropical storm Gordon continue to fizzle in the Atlantic Ocean. Strong upper-level winds continue to keep showers and thunderstorms away from the center of an area of low pressure, the NHC said.

This disturbance has a low chance of development – 10% – over the next seven days, the NHC said. It's expected to continue to slowly move northwestward across the Atlantic. 

Central Subtropical Atlantic (Invest 96L)

An area of low pressure in the central subtropical Atlantic is producing some showers and thunderstorms. However, the conditions do not appear conducive for the disturbance to develop, the NHC said. The disturbance has a 10% chance of development over the next seven days.

Northwestern Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico

The National Hurricane Center has again increased the chances of the development of a potential tropical disturbance in the Caribbean Sea, that is likely to enter the Gulf of Mexico at some point.

A broad area of low pressure is likely to form by the early to middle part of next week over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and the adjacent portions of Central America, the NHC said in its Saturday morning advisory.

As it enters the Gulf of Mexico, which has seen record ocean temperatures and minimal wind shear, conditions are favorable for the potential development of a tropical depression towards the end of next week, the NHC said..

Regardless of whether or not a disturbance develops, the system is expected to bring heavy rains over portions of Central America in the next several days.

Currently, the disturbance sits at a 60% chance of development over the next seven days.

Eastern and Central Tropical Atlantic

A tropical wave is expected to move westward from the coast of Africa on Sunday or Monday.

Gradual development of this disturbance is possible over the next 7 days and is currently sitting at a 30% chance of development. 

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