Humid morning before showers and storms this afternoon in Central Florida | May 24th

WORKS UNDER THIS STORY. YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT RIGHT NOW ON OUR WEBSITE. GO TO WESH.COM. ALL RIGHT, LET’S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR FORECAST RIGHT NOW WITH FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST VICTORIA WISNIEWSKI, POOL FORECAST. TODAY I’M PLANNING ON AFTER I GET OUT OF HERE AROUND 1015 OR SO TO MAYBE HIT THE POOL. OKAY, SO BEFORE 3 P.M. OKAY, SO I’LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME. YEAH. WITH THE HUMIDITY, THAT’S TOUGH TO STAY IN THE POOL. EXACTLY. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. RAIN CHANCES DROP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS OR ACTUALLY COMPLETELY CLEAR RIGHT NOW. BUT AS WE DO, HEAD THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON, SHOWERS AND STORM CHANCES THEY RETURN. WELCOME TO CENTRAL FLORIDA. NICE TO HAVE YOU. WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING UPPER 80S ONCE AGAIN AND THEN LOW 90S FOR MANY OF US, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE FURTHER INLAND AND WEST OF THE CITY. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURE RANGE, ANYWHERE FROM 82. BUT THAT’S VERY RARE OCCURRENCES UP NEAR PALM COAST. BUT OTHERWISE EVERYONE ELSE WILL BE AROUND 90 TO 92 DEGREES. HERE’S YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE SEVEN DAY FORECAST ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MEMORIAL DAY FORECAST. AND EVERYONE IS QUITE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. YOU’LL SEE TEMPERATURES QUITE MUGGY THROUGH THE MORNING. 75 DEGREES. BUT THEN AROUND NOONTIME WE COULD SEE A COUPLE OF THE SHOWER AND STORM CHANCES POP UP AND THEN MORE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. BUT THEY KIND OF DROP TO OUR WIDESPREAD CHANCE FOR RAIN IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DROPPED COMPARED TO WHERE IT IS FOR TODAY. IT’S A 40% COVERAGE. A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE LAKE EOLA LOOKING BEAUTIFUL. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE CLOUDS, BUT OVERALL TEMPERATURES ON THE RISE 76 IN ORLANDO AT THIS HOUR, 79 IN TITUSVILLE, AS WELL AS MELBOURNE AND PALM BAY. BUT THIS AFTERNOON WE’RE LOOKING AT THE LOW 90S, FEELING LIKE THE MID TO UPPER 90S. IF YOU’RE FROM ORLANDO WESTWARD, IT’S GOING TO FEEL CLOSER TO ABOUT 95 IN THE VILLAGES THIS AFTERNOON. FINDING WAYS TO COOL DOWN. WELL, THE RAIN WILL COOL US DOWN, BUT IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE ALONG THE COASTLINE STILL LOOKING AT A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, OPT FOR THE POOL LIKE ALLEN BEFORE 3 P.M. WE’RE GOING TO NOTICE HERE SOME OF THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS EARLIER ON IN THE AFTERNOON. NEW SMYRNA BEACH DAYTONA BEACH COULD SEE A COUPLE DOWNPOURS, BUT THEN THE BULK OF THE RAIN REALLY COMES IN AFTER 3 P.M. THAT’S GOING TO BE NORTH AND WEST OF OCALA, AND THEN EVENTUALLY MOVING IN TOWARDS KISSIMMEE AND SAINT CLOUD. THERE’S THAT LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT WE’LL BE WATCHING FROM A BIT OF A WESTERLY FLOW THAT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN. SO THIS IS YOUR YOUR EVENING DINNER TIME, MAYBE WHEN YOU’RE DOING THE BARBECUE THING WITH THE VILLAGES LEESBURG WILDWOOD ALL THE WAY DOWN TOWARDS PARTS OF POLK COUNTY. THAT’S WHERE SOME OF THE SYSTEMS COULD BE BRINGING 1 TO 2IN OF RAIN EVEN MORE PER HOUR. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AND HAVE WAYS TO HEAD INDOORS. WHEN YOU DO SEE CONDITIONS CHANGING. SO HOUR BY HOUR TODAY, KEEP YOUR EYES TO THE SKY A LITTLE AFTER 3 P.M., BUT OTHERWISE BEFORE THAT, TRY TO ENJOY SOME OF YOUR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, TOMORROW IS MEMORIAL DAY, AND HIGH PRESSURE IS GOING TO BE TO OUR EAST. TEMPERATURES ARE RIGHT ABOUT AVERAGE. SO THAT IS SOME GOOD NEWS. AND AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK, WE’LL KIND OF DROP WITH THE RAIN. AND THEN IT’S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE INCREASING ONCE AGAIN AS WE HEAD CLOSER TO THE END OF THE WEEK AND THE WEEKEND, WE ARE WATCHING QUITE CLOSELY FOR SOME LOW PRESSURE THAT COULD BRING SOME BENEFICIAL RAIN TO PARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. BUT RIGHT NOW THERE’S STILL SOME MODEL DISCREPANCIES SAYING, WILL IT COME UP NEAR PARTS OF THE EAST COAST, OR WILL IT KIND OF FIZZLE OUT? SO WE’RE WATCHIN

Humid morning before showers and storms this afternoon in Central Florida | May 24th

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Updated: 7:06 AM EDT May 24, 2026

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