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Afternoon storms return to Central Florida on Wednesday, mainly around coast

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Updated  September 17, 2024 8:19pm EDT
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Orlando Weather Forecast: Sept. 17, 2024

Wednesday afternoon could see a repeat of a few pop-up showers, mainly along the Brevard County coast.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Showers and storms will taper off this evening, leaving a quiet night with temperatures dropping into the mid-70s.

There is a 50% chance of scattered thunderstorms on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, moving from west to east across the peninsula. 

Rain chances will drop slightly over the weekend, with only a 20% to 40% chance of showers on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. A shift in wind direction from northeast to south will result in afternoon storms, mainly affecting southwest and western Florida. Highs this weekend will be in the mid-80s, though humidity will remain high.

Rain chances are expected to increase early next week, with a 60% chance of showers across Central Florida.

Tracking the Tropics

We'll begin monitoring the possibility of tropical activity in the Caribbean in about a week and a half as the semi-permanent area of low pressure over Central America generates energy that could develop into a tropical depression. 

Some long-range models develop this feature in a hurricane, but it's too soon to know if anything will form, much less where it may track and how strong it'll be. 

This time of year, we need to stay weather-aware. We are currently in the peak of Hurricane Season, and activity in the Caribbean and Gulf during late September and early October is common.

Elsewhere, Tropical Storm Gordon has lost its tropical characteristics and is now a non-tropical low-pressure system over the open Atlantic. However, it could reform into a tropical storm by the weekend as it moves north in the central Atlantic. Depending on the National Hurricane Center’s assessment, it could either be renamed Gordon or assigned a new name, Helene. Regardless, it poses no threat to land.

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