After a rainy morning, the afternoon gave way to some sunshine to help dry the ground up. The majority of the rain is out of our system for the evening.

Isolated spots could see a downpour through dusk. Otherwise, it’ll be a mainly cloudy and muggy night. The clouds will act as a blanket and keep the temperatures slightly warmer overnight— in the middle-upper 70s. 

Thursday morning features more clouds than sun along with temperatures warming back into the 80s. Rain/t-storms will develop late morning-early afternoon and continue to be scattered throughout the day. Highs will reach the middle-upper 80s.

A slow-moving weather system will keep the clouds and rain around through most of the weekend. The stalled-out front is forecast to pass through SWFL over the weekend and leave drier and more comfortable conditions for next week. 

Tracking the Tropics:

Tropical Storm Philippe

Tropical Storm Philippe is currently moving west-northwest towards the Northern Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. It is forecast to weaken before reaching land later this weekend. It is expected to turn north shortly after. 

We are tracking an area of low pressure, southeast of Philippe, in the central tropical Atlantic that has a high chance of becoming a tropical depression in the next day or so and could become our next named storm. Regardless of development, it is not expected to affect the U.S.