Hot Workweek Finish Spawns Strong Storms in Central Florida – Arnold Palmer Forecast March 6th
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TONY MAINOLFI HAS ACTUALLY BEEN OUT AT THE ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL. AND TONY, HOW ARE THINGS OUT THERE? LOOKS GOOD. IT FEELS MUCH BETTER NOW THAN IT DID, LET’S SAY TWO HOURS AGO DURING THE FOUR AND 5:00 HOUR. LISTEN. ROUND TWO. FRIDAY’S ROUND IN THE BOOKS. NOW WE START TO. WE’VE MADE THE CUT, AND NOW WE’RE LOOKING AHEAD TO THE WEEKEND. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. AND THE PREDOMINANT WEATHER PATTERN HAS THIS HIGH OFF TOWARDS OUR EAST. SO THAT MEANS WE GET THAT EAST EAST, SOUTH EASTERLY WIND FLOW THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PICKING UP AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AND AS IT DOES. SO IT’S GOING TO TAKE THOSE COASTAL SHOWERS, WORK THEM INLAND OVER THE COURSE HERE AND THEN DEVELOP SOME THUNDERSTORMS THERE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PENINSULA. AND THEN ON SUNDAY IT IS GOING TO BE MORE OF THE SAME THING, MORE OF A SOUTH SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW. SHOWERS MOVE INLAND AND THEN THEY PUSH OFF TOWARDS THE WEST, MEANING THAT THERE WILL BE A FEW SHOWERS AROUND. BUT I THINK THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL STAY WEST OF BAY HILL. THE PROBLEM THOUGH THIS WEEKEND IS IT’S GOING TO BE THE WIN THOSE DRY CONDITIONS. SO 86 ON SATURDAY, 87 HERE ON SUNDAY. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS, BUT THE STORMS SHOULD BE REMAINING OFF TOWARDS THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PENINSULA WITH MORE ON THAT WEEKEND FORECAST AND WHAT TO EXPECT INTO NEXT WEEK. LET’S SEND YOU BACK TO MARQUISE VITO RIGHT NOW TO GET THE UPDATE ON THAT MARQUISE. WELL, TONY, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE’VE GOT THOSE SHOWERS TO OUR NORTH AND WEST OVER ORANGE COUNTY, THOUGH NOT TOO MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT. MAYBE JUST A SMALL BREEZE. YOU SEE THE BRANCHES FLUTTERING IN THE BACKGROUND THERE. SAME WITH THE FLAG THERE. BUT AS THE SUN BEGINS TO SET, TEMPERATURES ARE TRENDING MUCH COOLER. BUT YOUR AFTERNOON HIGHS WERE LEAPS AND BOUNDS AHEAD OF YOUR SEASONAL AVERAGE FOR SOME OF US. IT WAS A DOUBLE DIGIT DIFFERENCE, LIKE OCALA, PALM COAST TO LAND IN MARION COUNTY. THAT DOUBLE DIGIT DIFFERENCE MADE IT A SIGNIFICANT CONNECTION WITH THE STRONGER SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT WE SAW SPAWNED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHS TODAY. 88 WAS YOUR HIGH IN OCALA, 87 INSIDE THE METRO, SO WE WERE WELL ABOVE OUR LATE WINTER TIME AVERAGE, BUT WE’VE COOLED DOWN WITH THE RAIN SHOWERS MOVING IN. NOTICE THAT IN MARION COUNTY, OCALA HAVE DROPPED FROM THE UPPER 80S TO THE MIDDLE OF THE 70S, COURTESY OF THOSE RAIN SHOWERS STILL ONGOING JUST EAST OF I 75. WE ARE WATCHING NOT ONLY A STRONG STORM, BUT THE CHANCE FOR A FLOOD ADVISORY IN PLACE WITH THE RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUING TO STACK UP, THAT IS GOING TO BE ACTIVE UNTIL 7:00 RIGHT THERE. BUT ACROSS ANTHONY, OCALA ALSO WEIRSDALE. WE WILL SEE SOME STRONGER GUSTY WINDS. WE’LL GO AHEAD AND TURN ON THE DOPPLER RADAR NOW, IN WHICH ACROSS US 27 HERE WE’VE GOT WINDS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND ALSO 40 MILE PER HOUR CONDITIONS. SO BREEZY WITH THOSE STORMS PASSING THROUGH. AND THEY LEFT BEHIND SOME SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL RAIN THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA AS MARION COUNTY ENTERING TODAY, YOU ARE UNDER AN EXTREME DROUGHT. SO FAR, WE’VE STACKED UP NEARLY 2.5IN OF RAIN BETWEEN OCALA AND ANTHONY A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT TOWARDS THE WEST AND DUNNELLON 2 TO 3IN OF RAIN IN THIS DIRECTION. SO WE’LL KEEP AN EYE ON THIS STORM IN PARTICULAR FOR THE NEXT HALF AN HOUR. LIKELY GOING TO BE FADING THOUGH PAST 630 AND THEN INTO 7:00. WE’RE SQUEEZING OUT THOSE LAST FEW DROPS OF RAIN. 8:00 WE’RE MUCH DRIER AND THEN OVERNIGHT WE WILL SEE THAT CHANCE FOR SOME FOGGY WEATHER, ESPECIALLY OUT TOWARDS FLAGLER COUNTY WHERE WE COULD SEE THOSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS DROP DOWN BELOW TWO STATUTE MILES BELOW ONE AT SOME POINT IN TIME, SO WE COULD BE WAKING UP TO ANOTHER DENSE FOG ADVISORY. BUT THE FOG WILL LIFT AS TEMPERATURES RISE YET AGAIN TOMORROW IN THE MORNING. ULTIMATELY, THOUGH, TONIGHT IF YOU’RE IN OCALA, TEMPERATURES SHOULD STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 60S, SO A WARM EVENING OVERNIGHT. AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, WE’LL CARRY A 30% COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS BOTH ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE OFF TOWARDS THE EAST AND THE ATLANTIC. AND THAT’S WHAT’S DIRECTING TRAFFIC. BUT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE WORK WEEK IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE, WE’RE WATCHING THE JET STREAM. REORIENTATE AND THAT’S GOING TO BRING IN THE WARMER ENERGY FROM THE GULF COAST. WITH THAT SOUTH AND WESTERLY FLOW IN THOSE UPPER LEVELS, AND THAT WILL PROPEL TEMPERATURES ALL THE WAY INTO THE LOWER 90S. IN MARION COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY. BUT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY, WE’LL BE TRACKING OUR NEXT COLD FRONT. THEN BY FRIDAY, TEMPERATURES DROP DOWN INTO THE 70S. SO SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT FOR MANY. BUT BEFORE WE GET THERE, WE WILL BE WATCHING THOSE TEMPERATURES CLIMB BACK INTO THE UPPER 80S. ON SUNDAY. WE’LL ACTUALLY KEEP THAT SAME ENERGY AROUND WEDNESDAY, MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY BEFORE WE SEE THAT COLD FRONT MOVING IN AND YOUR WARM A
Hot Workweek Finish Spawns Strong Storms in Central Florida – Arnold Palmer Forecast March 6th
Updated: 7:17 PM EST Mar 6, 2026
Hot Workweek Finish Spawns Strong Storms in Central Florida – Arnold Palmer Forecast March 6thA warm and slightly humid pattern sticking around today as a mix of sun and clouds with highs will propel temps into the low eighties by noon. Continuing throughout the day, we’ll see highs increase a few extra degrees with some reaching the upper eighties inland. A few isolated showers are possible early this evening, moving inland due to the sea breeze.Most areas will stay dry, but the big story will be the warmth. Temperatures will stay well above normal into next week, with a few inland spots even approaching 90 degrees.And if you are heading to the beach, be careful. Strong and dangerous rip currents will continue through the weekend, so make sure to keep an eye on flag conditions.
Hot Workweek Finish Spawns Strong Storms in Central Florida – Arnold Palmer Forecast March 6th
A warm and slightly humid pattern sticking around today as a mix of sun and clouds with highs will propel temps into the low eighties by noon. Continuing throughout the day, we’ll see highs increase a few extra degrees with some reaching the upper eighties inland. A few isolated showers are possible early this evening, moving inland due to the sea breeze.Most areas will stay dry, but the big story will be the warmth. Temperatures will stay well above normal into next week, with a few inland spots even approaching 90 degrees.And if you are heading to the beach, be careful. Strong and dangerous rip currents will continue through the weekend, so make sure to keep an eye on flag conditions.