Timing Showers for the First Round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational | March 5th Forecast
Timing Showers for the First Round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational | March 5th Forecast
INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE WESH.COM. ALL RIGHT, LET’S GET A CHECK ON THAT FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA MARQUISE. HOW’S IT GOING, MY FRIEND? I AM DOING WELL. I THINK ORLANDO WILL BE DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER NOW THAT THEIR LAWNS MIGHT GET WATERED TODAY. YES. AND JUST I STILL HAVE SO MANY DEAD PLANTS AFTER OUR FREEZE MARQUISE LIKE WE HAD SO MANY LIKE WILDFIRES OR BRUSH FIRES HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA JUST BECAUSE OF THE FREEZES THROUGHOUT JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. IT REALLY JUST DRIES UP THE VEGETATION AND ANY SPARK REALLY IGNITE A MASSIVE FLAME. THAT’S WHAT WE’VE SEEN. BUT TODAY WE’RE GOING TO SEE SOME SHOWERS IN ORANGE COUNTY. MUCH NEEDED RAIN. IT’S BEEN 88 LONG DAYS SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SAW HEAVY RAIN HERE IN ORLANDO, AND WE MIGHT PUT AN END TO THAT STRETCH TODAY. NOW, SO FAR THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MARCH, WE’VE ONLY SEEN 15 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. IN THE LAST TIME WE HAD RAINFALL ABOVE AN INCH IN 24 HOURS. THAT WAS ALL THE WAY BACK IN DECEMBER ON THE SEVENTH. SO QUITE SOME TIME. BUT NOW’S THE TIME TO TURN THINGS AROUND. WE’LL SEE THE HEAVIER SHOWERS ACROSS I-75. THE FURTHER SOUTH YOU GO, THE BETTER YOUR CHANCE FOR RAIN IS GOING TO BE IN THE TAMPA AREA. THAT’S WHAT WE’LL HAVE. THE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS TODAY. BUT EVEN IN PARTS OF ORANGE COUNTY, WE COULD BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE SOME FORM OF PRECIPITATION, AND THAT MIGHT PUT A POSTPONEMENT OR DELAY ON THE API ONGOING TODAY. RIGHT NOW, 82 DEGREES IS WHAT YOU’RE SPORTING IN ORLANDO. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE AHEAD OF THE RAIN MOVING IN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE WISE THOUGH, WE’RE ALL IN THE 80S HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. LOW AND MID 80S WILL LIKELY RISE A FEW EXTRA DEGREES BEFORE THE DAY IS SAID AND DONE. AND FOR THE MOMENT, OUR LIVE DOPPLER RADAR IS TRENDING DRY. ONE SMALL EXCEPTION TO THAT STATEMENT. THE CAVEAT HERE, RIGHT ALONG THE ORANGE COUNTY AND BREVARD BORDER ALONG STATE ROAD 520, JUST WEST OF ROCKLEDGE. THAT’S WHERE WE SEE THAT ISOLATED SHOWER, BUT ULTIMATELY, MUCH MORE RAIN IS IN THE PICTURE FOR TODAY DUE TO THAT SOUTH AND EASTERLY BREEZE. WE GO AHEAD AND DRAW ON THIS A TEN MILE RADIUS SURROUNDING THE API IN WHICH WE COULD POSSIBLY SEE THOSE FIRST FEW SHOWERS AS EARLY AS 2:00. LIGHT ROUNDS OF ISOLATED RAIN, BUT THESE BECOME HEAVIER AS THE AFTERNOON DOES PROGRESS. AND HEADING INTO THE EVENING, WE’RE GOING TO SEE IS THAT SOUTH AND EASTERLY INFLUENCE MEDIUM THE BOUNDARY ACROSS I-75, PRODUCING THE CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS. POLK CITY CLERMONT BUSHNELL LEESBURG YOU GUYS WILL SEE THESE ROUNDS OF RAIN PUSHING TOWARDS THE NORTH AND THE WEST. AND BEFORE THE DAY IS SAID AND DONE WELL, WE COULD SEE SOME HEAVIER RAINFALL. TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR PLANNER WILL CARRY THE CHANCE FOR RAIN ALL THE WAY THROUGH 9:00. IF YOU’RE IN THE ORLANDO METRO, AND AS FAR AS ACCUMULATION GOES, WE COULD SEE POCKETS OF RAIN BETWEEN MAYBE 2 TO 3IN. SO WE DEFINITELY NEED IT, ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES IN WHICH WE HAVE THAT EXTREME DROUGHT ONGOING TODAY. THAT DROUGHT MONITOR WAS JUST UPDATED EARLIER THIS MORNING. AND HERE’S A LOOK AT THE RAINFALL TODAY COMPARED TO YOUR SEASONAL AVERAGE. SOME OF US 2 TO 3 PLUS INCHES BELOW OUR SEASONAL AVERAGE. SO IT’S BEEN A DRY START TO THE YEAR AND WE’RE HOPING TO TURN THINGS AROUND SOON. HEADING INTO THE END OF YOUR WORKWEEK. STILL, RAIN CHANCES DO EXIST ON FRIDAY TEMPERATURE WISE. PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD TODAY. HIGHS IN THE LOW 70S TO THE MID 80S AND UPPER 80S. THIS WEEKEND IN ORLANDO, 87 DEGREES ON SUNDAY. HEADING INTO THE WORKWEEK, THOUGH, MUCH MORE CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL EXIST. SO WE WILL TURN THESE DRY CONDITIONS AROUND WITH THAT CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS AND THEN WARMER TEMPERATURES AS WELL. LOOKS LIKE WE’LL BE BACK IN THE MID 80S ON FRIDAY. 40% COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS SATURDAY. MORE RAIN AS WE PU
Timing Showers for the First Round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational | March 5th Forecast
Timing Showers for the First Round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational | March 5th Forecast
Updated: 1:06 PM EST Mar 5, 2026
Timing Showers for the First Round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational | March 5th ForecastSpring is in the forecast. Both temperature wise and in terms of potential rain later today. Following a sunny start to the morning, temperatures will quickly warm into the eighties today, some even the upper eighties with a consistent SE wind flow. Those same winds will pull in a chance for showers today. We’ll start to see the first few chances for rain after your lunch break, but becoming more widespread just before your commute home. The heaviest concentration of showers today will be west of I-4. Rainfall accumulation by the end of today could possibly exceed 1-2″ . These sea breeze driven showers will be in the picture through the weekend as inland highs increase to the upper eighties
Timing Showers for the First Round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational | March 5th Forecast
Spring is in the forecast. Both temperature wise and in terms of potential rain later today. Following a sunny start to the morning, temperatures will quickly warm into the eighties today, some even the upper eighties with a consistent SE wind flow. Those same winds will pull in a chance for showers today. We’ll start to see the first few chances for rain after your lunch break, but becoming more widespread just before your commute home. The heaviest concentration of showers today will be west of I-4. Rainfall accumulation by the end of today could possibly exceed 1-2″ . These sea breeze driven showers will be in the picture through the weekend as inland highs increase to the upper eighties