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Orlando weather: Rain chances increase as we begin the week across Central Florida

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Updated  August 18, 2024 7:50pm EDT
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Orlando Weather Forecast: Aug. 18, 2024

Rain chances improve over the next few days and Central Florida will lapse back into a typical summer pattern.

ORLANDO, Fla. - The heat, humidity, and rain chances will make a return this week. Monday and Tuesday's highs will be around the mid-90s, with heat indices closer to the 100-106° range as humidity picks up gradually. 

A front will dip down from the north, increasing the chances of showers and storms by Tuesday and Wednesday. 

Monday will start with temperatures in the upper 70s and sunny skies. Clouds will increase through the late morning as a cold front pushes down from the north on Monday afternoon. 

It will act as a hard reset and put us back into that typical Florida summer weather. Rain chances will be mainly across Marion and Alachua counties, with a few scattered storms lingering across the eastern beaches later on Monday night. Rain chances will stay very scattered.

LOOKING AHEAD: We will be thrown right back into the heart of the rainy season next week. The western Seabreeze will dominate through the start of next week, making it possible to amp up afternoon rain chances, especially Thursday through next weekend, looking at widespread scattered showers and thunderstorms.

RIP CURRENTS: The high risk of dangerous rip currents and rough surf from distant Hurricane Ernesto continues on our east coast beaches. It's strongly advised that you don't get into the water. If you do, swimming near a lifeguard stand and staying in the shallower water is important.

Tracking the Tropics

Ernesto has been upgraded back to a Category 1 Hurricane. Ernesto will track up to Canada, just brushing the coast of Newfoundland as it weakens back to a Tropical Storm. From there, Ernesto will trek across the Atlantic and impact the UK, bringing lots of rain and wind. 

Ernesto strengthens back into Cat 1 hurricane

Ernesto strengthened back into a Category 1 hurricane late Sunday afternoon and was moving toward the north-northeast near 17 mph.

Other than Ernesto, we are getting a break from the tropics through next week. However, we will be watching a wave off the coast of Africa. It is not expected to form into anything with lots of Saharan Dust and wind shear happening across the southern Atlantic.
The peak of Hurricane Season is September 10, and the season is expected to ramp up in the last few days of August and into September.

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