Other than a couple of isolated downpours in inland Collier County, most of us have been dry for a couple of days in a row. However, we are switching back to a rainy pattern.

It will be a partly cloudy and warm night ahead. Temperatures will fall from the 90s back into the 80s. By the time the sun comes back out again, lows will be near 80. 

We’ll start off the day with sunshine, but showers with rumbles of thunder will start to move onshore around lunchtime. Storms will be scattered through the afternoon and the first half of the evening before simmering down. 

It will once again be a hot day with highs reaching the mid-90s. Don’t expect the Gulf to cool you down much either since water temperatures are at 90 degrees along SWFL beaches.

Tracking the Tropics: 

The National Hurricane Center is still tracking only one area with potential for development in the north-central Atlantic. There’s a medium chance that the system will develop into a subtropical depression or storm within the next couple of days. It is not a threat to SWFL or the United States.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the system was producing showers and storms well to the south of the disturbance’s center. This means that there is not much circulation to it— yet. It is expected to drift north into cooler waters by the weekend, which has the potential to limit it from further strengthening. As always, we will keep you updated if it does develop and if we are monitoring another area for potential.