Torrential rains expected to return across Central Florida on Friday

Orlando Weather Forecast: Sept. 5, 2024

A stationary front will remain draped across Central Florida through the weekend. On Friday, another afternoon of slow-moving, torrential storms can be expected.

ORLANDO, Fla. - A stationary front will remain draped across Central Florida through the weekend. On Friday, another afternoon of slow-moving, torrential storms can be expected.

This could lead to ponding on the roads or some brief flash flooding. Remember: turn around, don't drown. While that could save your life, it'll also save your vehicle.

Driving through floodwaters can lead to an engine hydro-lock, which can cost thousands or total your vehicle. Temperatures will remain seasonable all week, with highs around or just above 90°F, and rain chances will remain high.

LOOKING AHEAD: Much of the same. Each day is pretty similar, with 80% coverage of slow-moving showers, downpours, and storms in the afternoon and evening. When it rains, it will pour thanks to the very high atmospheric moisture in the sky.

From Friday through next Tuesday, localized zones of 4-7" of rain will occur each afternoon. Many spots of standing water have already developed. If you are in flood-prone areas, they will flood over the coming afternoons and evenings.

Tracking the Tropics

A tropical wave moving into the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean may develop into a tropical depression.

The European model is bullish on a tropical depression forming in the next few days. If this did happen off of Texas, rainy impacts would be expected from Texas to Louisiana.

Several waves exist and may develop elsewhere in the tropics, but at this point, there are no threats to land.

By mid-September, this lull in the action is expected to transition into quite an active pattern.