Dialects across the Arctic have a wide vocabulary for different types of snow and ice. Across the US, there are hundreds of synonyms for “rain.” Thesauruses list anywhere from 60 to more than 900 related words, phrases, and slang terms for rain. This weekend, you may see a toad strangler, gully washer or deluge.
Waves of showers and thunderstorms will sweep across the area through Monday. Widespread additional rainfall totals of 1.0 to 3.0 inches are possible, with locally higher amounts possible. Flooding is possible, especially at urban and normally flood-prone and low-lying areas.
Through tonight, scattered showers with thunderstorms will continue near and along the St. Johns River and I-95. Further development is likely near and along Highway 301 to I-75. These will weaken after sunset and then slowly wind down between 10 p.m. to midnight.
Scattered showers with thunderstorms will develop mainly during the afternoon and linger through late in the evening. Sunday will get a slightly earlier start which will help to cap the afternoon highs in the 80s.
If the 80s sound good to you, you will like the forecast for next week as near seasonal temperatures return following a mild cold front.
Tonight: Scattered showers with thunderstorms through tonight.
Saturday: Scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms, some locally heavy, 60-80 percent. Lows in the 60s to 70s. Highs in the 80s to 90s inland, 80s along the beaches. Scattered showers with thunderstorms will be possible as early as noon, becoming widespread after 2 p.m. Partly cloudy overnight, showers possible. Wind: WNW 5-10 mph.
Sunday: Scattered showers with thunderstorms will get an earlier start, 70-90 percent. Showers and storms will develop before noon and continue to develop through late evening. Lows in the 60s and 70s. Highs in the 80s. Wind: NE 5-10 mph. Showers possible overnight.
Weekend: The pattern continues with scattered showers and thunderstorms developing during the afternoon and continuing through late in the evening. Additional rainfall totals of 1 - 3 inches will be possible.
Looking ahead: Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms continue Monday with near seasonal temperatures following a weak cold front next week.
Sunrise: 6:26 p.m.
Sunset: 8:23 p.m.