Memorial Day weekend has afternoon showers & storms |Forecast Video 5/23

Track who may see 1-2″ of rain this Memorial Day Weekend

TO OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW@WESH.COM. SO MUCH TO DO THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. LET’S BRING IN FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST VICTORIA WISNIEWSKI. YES, IT IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT I DON’T KNOW IF I’M NECESSARILY LIKING THIS FUTURECAST. HOT, STEAMY RAINFALL. HERE’S THE THING CHRISTINA ALL THE FUTURECAST THAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME. WELL, THAT’S SOME OF THE RAIN THAT’S GOING TO MOVE IN THROUGHOUT THE LATER HALF OF TODAY. SO NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE IMPACTING YOUR MORNING OR AFTERNOON PLANS. AND YOU SEE THAT MOST OF IT IS GOING TO BE FALLING WEST OF ORLANDO, MOVING IN THROUGH OUR MARION COUNTY, SUMTER COUNTY AREAS OF POLK COUNTY. SO YES, LOTS OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE, DEW POINTS IN THE 70S. SO WITH A LOT OF MOISTURE, THAT’S CREATING THE FACT THAT A LOT OF RAIN COULD FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND FORECAST, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE RAIN IN THE FORECAST, IT’S ALL ABOUT WHEN IT FALLS. IF IT’S GOING TO BE IMPACTING YOUR PLANS. SO FOR TODAY, I’D SAY KEEP YOUR EYES TO THE SKY AFTER 4 P.M. FOR MANY OF YOU. AND THEN BY TOMORROW IT WILL BE A COUPLE HOURS EARLIER, I’D SAY AROUND 3 TO 4 P.M. HOUR. NOW WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT LOW 90S FOR MUCH OF THE WEEKEND, AND THEN EVEN MORE RAIN EXPECTED TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT WEEK. TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY, 88 UP NEAR PALM COAST, BUT EVERYONE ELSE WILL BE IN THE LOW 90S. BRIGHT SUNSHINE TO START. BUT THEN THE STORMS MOVE IN WEST OF THE CITY. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AND TIME THAT OUT HOUR BY HOUR FOR YOU. YOU NOTICE HERE ON YOUR FUTURECAST, WE HAVE A VERY QUICK SHOWER THAT HAS POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COASTLINE RIGHT AROUND LUNCHTIME. BUT THEN AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE REST OF TODAY, THERE’S SOME SHOWERS MOVING IN THROUGH MARION COUNTY. AND THEN HERE’S WHERE THE BULK OF THE RAIN BEGINS TO MOVE IN FOR 5:00 WILL BEGIN TO SEE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. AND THIS IS WHERE I WAS SHOWING YOU SOME LOCATIONS UP NEAR THE VILLAGES. LEESBURG CLERMONT. YOU GUYS COULD SEE 1 TO 2IN OF RAIN BY TOMORROW MORNING, BECAUSE THESE ARE GOING TO BE HEAVY SOAKERS, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE 8 TO 9 P.M. HOUR. THOSE WILL EVENTUALLY DISSIPATE ONCE THEY LOSE THE ENERGY FROM THE DAYLIGHT, BUT WE’RE STILL GOING TO BE SEEING A GOOD AMOUNT OF RAIN THERE. SO TAKING A LOOK AT THE REST OF THAT FORECAST, WE WILL BE SEEING STILL THE 90S OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. THIS AFTERNOON, 94 IN LEESBURG, 94 IN THE VILLAGES. AS OF THIS MORNING. WE’RE LOOKING PRETTY NICE WITH SOME STORMS ON THE WESTERN HALF OF THE PENINSULA. BUT HERE ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA WE ARE NICE AND CLEAR SPENDING SOME TIME AT THE BEACH. TODAY WE’LL BE LOOKING AT UPPER 80S FOR THE MOST PART. BESIDES THAT BRIEF SHOWER, WE’RE ONLY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TO BE A CONCERN. KEEP AN EYE ON YOURSELVES AS WELL AS LITTLE ONES. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE SPENDING TIME AT THE BEACH. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT 12 HOUR FORECAST. LOOK AT 86 BY NOON TIME, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE WITH A MOSTLY DRY FORECAST TOMORROW. YOU GUYS MAY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SHOWERS EARLIER ON IN THE DAY. ORLANDO. HERE’S A LOOK AT AFTER 3 P.M. WHERE WE SEE THE SHOWERS AND STORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP. AS I SHOWED YOU ON FUTURECAST, MOST OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE WEST OF THE CITY BY TOMORROW. 91 IN DELAND, 90 IN BITHLO AS WELL AS ORLANDO. WE’LL SHOW YOU HERE WHAT TOMORROW IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THERE’S A COUPLE MORE COASTAL SHOWERS. THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU SHOULD SPEND TIME AT THE BEACH. I THINK IT’S STILL GOING TO BE A REALLY NICE DAY TO START, BUT A MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD COVERAGE AREA. YOU SEE, THE RAIN IS GOING TO BE MORE NORTH OF ORLANDO AND THEN MOVING IN TOWARDS AREAS OF SOUTHWEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. SO TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE SEVEN DAY FORECAST ACROSS THE SUNSHINE STATE, WE STILL ARE GOING TO BE SEEING THE 90S. BUT YOU SEE RAIN CHANCES INCREASING AS WE HEAD WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WE’RE SEEING A BIT OF A TROPICAL MOISTURE SYSTEM THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE BRINGING SO

Memorial Day weekend has afternoon showers & storms |Forecast Video 5/23

Track who may see 1-2″ of rain this Memorial Day Weekend

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Updated: 7:44 AM EDT May 23, 2026

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