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Orlando weather: Very hot, humid day ahead with some afternoon storms

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Published  August 12, 2024 5:50am EDT
Weather Forecast
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Orlando Weather Forecast: August 12, 2024

FOX 35 Storm Team Meteorologist Jessica Dobson shares this week's forecast as students head back to school in Central Florida.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Central Florida can expect a hot and humid day with a few sprinkles Monday morning under otherwise, partly cloudy skies. 

A few storms will set up this afternoon with a southwest flow. Temperatures will remain well above normal this week with mid-90s through midweek.

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The "feels-like" heat index will reach 107 degrees today and 110 degrees on Tuesday.

A heat advisory is in effect for north-central Florida today and will likely be extended south midweek.

Tracking the Tropics

In the tropics, future-Ernesto is brewing as, "potential tropical cyclone #5" – a way for the National Hurricane Center to issue a forecast cone, watches and warnings on a system they forecast to become a tropical storm within 48 hours.

Indeed, we could see a tropical storm declared today or on Tuesday. The track is likely to curve it safely out to sea, well east of Florida. 

While this means we'll see no direct impacts as it makes its closest pass this weekend, we will catch a long-period swell developing midweek, making for dangerous beach conditions on the Atlantic coast with a high risk for rip currents and long-period swell.


 

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