Weekend rain and growing chances in the Tropics

Now:  A warm and quiet night ahead.

Evening:  Showers have ended.  Temperatures will be warm under clearing skies.

Friday:  Another hot afternoon under partly cloudy skies with afternoon storms 30-60 percent.  Morning lows in the 70s inland, 70s to low 80s along the beaches.  Afternoon highs will hit the 90s and will feel like 100-110 degrees.  Wind:  Southwest then becoming southeast at 5 - 15 mph.

Weekend:  Tropical rain expected Sunday.  Scattered showers with storms mainly after 2 pm Saturday.  Timing and model shifts will have weekend impacts.

Tropics:  Invest 97:  More questions than answers.  The chance of development has increased to 40/70 percent over the next 2/7 days.  Based on the latest models, rain is the biggest threat.  This could change over the next few days.  Keep up with the changes through the weekend and early next week.

For more information on this system check out Mark’s article: https://www.news4jax.com/weather/2024/08/01/holy-cow-a-col-is-forming-in-the-gulf/

Sunrise: 6:45 a.m.

Sunset: 8:21 p.m.