Partly Cloudy with Above Average Temperatures for South Florida
BUT LET’S BEGIN WITH FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST SANDRA SHAW WITH THE LATEST ON MELISSA’S TRACK. ALL RIGHT, WELL, MELISSA IS LOCATED 520 MILES TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI. SO HERE YOU SEE IT. AND BASICALLY IT’S GOT 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS AND IS MOVING AT ABOUT 12 MILES AN HOUR. MEANDERING IS HOW I WOULD KIND OF DESCRIBE IT TO THE WEST. IT CONTINUES TO MOVE KIND OF NORTHWARD THROUGHOUT THE CARIBBEAN SEA, WHERE WE HAVE VERY HOT WATER TEMPERATURES STILL IN THE LOWER TO MID, EVEN UPPER 80S AROUND HERE. SO THAT WILL HELP IT INTENSIFY INTO A HURRICANE. LOOKS LIKE AS A HURRICANE SOMEWHERE EAST OF KINGSTON, JAMAICA, WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE WARNINGS AND WATCHES UP. BUT IT’S GOING TO MEANDER AND THEN GET PUSHED OUT, MAYBE EVEN INTO NEXT WEEK. HANGING AROUND FOR THE WEEKEND HERE IN THE SOUTH CARIBBEAN AND THEN MAYBE GETTING PUSHED AWAY AND THEN HEADING OUT TO SEA IN THE ATLANTIC. AS WE HEAD INTO SOMETIME NEXT WEEK, THERE WILL BE A DRAPED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH WILL KEEP IT AWAY FROM SOUTH FLORIDA. ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT MODELING. SO IT’S SOMETHING WE’RE GOING TO KEEP EYES ON IN CASE ANYTHING CHANGES. BUT MEANWHILE, THE FOG TRACKER THIS MORNING, I’VE GOT IT UP BECAUSE, I MEAN, THERE’S A LITTLE THIN VEIL OF SOME LOW LEVEL CLOUDS, LITTLE HAZE, LITTLE FOG POTENTIAL FOR THIS MORNING. BUT WHEN WE REALLY SEE THE PATCHY, DENSE FOG, WE WOULD BE SEEING YELLOW ON THIS MAP. AND THAT’S NOT THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW. BUT EITHER WAY, BE AWARE THAT THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE FROM TIME TO TIME UNTIL ABOUT 8:00 OR SO WHEN IT BURNS OFF. MEANWHILE, THE LOWER 70S FOR THE TREASURE COAST AND THE PALM BEACHES RIGHT NOW, UPPER 70S, WE’RE HEADED FOR HIGHS TODAY, IN THE UPPER 80S
WPBF 25 First Warning Meteorologist
South Florida will see partly cloudy skies with highs in the upper 80s today. A cold front will slowly slide southward across the area. It will reinforce the drier air mass and it will be a touch less humid Thursday and Friday. Highs will hit the middle 80s. Meanwhile, tropical storm Melissa will likely strengthen into a hurricane in the Caribbean over the weekend. It is not expected to affect South Florida.
South Florida will see partly cloudy skies with highs in the upper 80s today. A cold front will slowly slide southward across the area. It will reinforce the drier air mass and it will be a touch less humid Thursday and Friday. Highs will hit the middle 80s. Meanwhile, tropical storm Melissa will likely strengthen into a hurricane in the Caribbean over the weekend. It is not expected to affect South Florida.