ORLANDO, Fla. – The strong flow of air around major Hurricane Melissa is helping pump up our moisture levels across the state, combining with the leading edge of a fresh storm system swinging through the southeast headed our way by tomorrow afternoon.
Melissa is driving moisture in from the east and our approaching frontal system is pushing even more in from the west (Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.)
Melissa is a powerful hurricane, and its influence is actually driving the weather here locally despite being hundreds of miles south in the Central Caribbean Sea.
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Tropical moisture is being pumped in alongside a frontal boundary that was once draped over southernmost Florida, closest to the Keys. It’s now hung up over the Central portion of our state, which is acting as a “ramp” to generate even more rain.
The one-two punch here is since the boundary overhead is stationary, so are the heaviest rains.
Flash flood warnings are ongoing in separate areas of the peninsula. Brevard County has been hammered by onshore rains and powerful thunderstorms producing 40-45 mph and rain rates anywhere between 3 to 5 inches per hour!
Radar tonight is very active, with multiple flash flood warnings in effect right now (Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.)
Computer models definitely struggled with this set up, and likely underestimated the power of Melissa’s wind flow driving additional tropical moisture in from our east coast.
Lake County has also seen flash flood conditions realized, with a warning issued this evening expected to last for a few hours well after sunset. Roads will be hazardous, and travelling could get treacherous if you need to be out and about on your Sunday evening.
Rainfall totals are racking up as these training storms dump heavy amounts on the local area with no really push to get them moving out in quick fashion (Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.)
Despite the dry conditions as of late, the grounds are still fairly saturated and cluttered with the rains we piled up early October and late September. That’s why the flood potential is so elevated despite how distracting the great weather recently may have appeared.
Tomorrow we start to see a change in our wind flow again, as a cold front gets ready to come across the state.
Strongest storms and greatest chances of rain look to come in mid-afternoon, which will likely cause some delays and impacts during your commute home. Pending what the radar looks like tonight with so much excess moisture in the air, we could wake up with some light rains in your area as well.
Tomorrow mid-day it looks like we see a full resurgence in our rain chances as a cold front begins sweeping across the state (Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.)
That will truly be determined by the time we hit our evening newscast tonight, we can dial that in for you to prepare for the morning.
Overall, Monday will be soggy, gloomy, and windy. But just wait, because coming up towards Halloween conditions dramatically improve and we’re in for our first true cold snap of the season thus far.
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