It’s going to be another nice one for SWFL today!

The pocket of dry air in the atmosphere that moved over us this weekend remains over head today, helping to limit rain chances. While humidity will be slightly higher it still will be nowhere near the awful humidity we’ve seen through much of the summer. Combined with a steady east breeze, it will still feel decent out there this afternoon, despite highs reaching the middle and lower 90s. Rain will be limited to just a few, highly isolated showers close to the coast during the afternoon and evening. 

The pleasant weather will look to hang around for another couple of days — with mainly dry weather and highs in the lower 90s through Thursday. Tropical moisture will begin to nose back into the area for Friday and the weekend, bringing back our more typical summertime thunderstorms during the afternoons. 

Tracking the tropics:

There are currently no named storms in the Atlantic, but a few areas bear watching for potential development in the coming days.

A strong tropical wave about halfway between the Caribbean and Africa in the eastern side of the basin looks to be on the verge of becoming the next tropical storm. When it does, it will take the name Lee. It will stay on a westerly course, approaching the northern Caribbean by the weekend. Models are in good agreement that the storm will turn to the north, possibly missing the Caribbean entirely, but almost certainly staying well east of Florida. Regardless, we’ll be watching it closely over the next few days as it comes together. 

Another disturbance will move off of Africa later this week. It will also try to organize but is forecast quickly turn out to sea. This will likely take the name Margot.

Lastly, the remnant low pressure area of once-hurricane Franklin is swirling in the north Atlantic. It will attempt to reorganize as it dives southward over the warmer waters between Protugal in the Azores in the far eastern side of the basin. Regardless it is no threat to land.