Chopper 2 Shows Tropical Downpours in Central Florida

Chopper 2 Shows Tropical Downpours in Central Florida | Prolonged Impact Weather Through the Weekend With Flooding Concerns

ARCHIVES FOR THAT. YEAH, THAT WAS AN AWESOME BLAST FROM THE PAST. JESSE. ALL RIGHT, WE GOT TO GET YOU BACK OUTSIDE HERE THROUGH CHOPPER TWO. ORLANDO NEWS CHOPPER HERE SHOWING US THIS JUST JAW DROPPING VISUAL OF THE RAIN THAT WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING OVER IN SEMINOLE COUNTY. AGAIN, RIGHT OVER FERN PARK, HEADING TOWARDS APOPKA. BUT LOOK AT THAT QUINTESSENTIAL FLORIDA VIEW. OH, YEAH. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA MARQUISE THE WEATHER TEAM. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS RAIN COMING. AND HERE IT IS. HERE IT IS. AND HERE IT WILL STAY FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS IN WHICH WE’LL BE TRACKING IMPACT WEATHER HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. GREAT SHOT BY OUR CHOPPER TEAM OUT THERE. AND WE’LL SEE THOSE RAINFALL RATES AT 4 TO 5IN IN JUST AN HOUR TIME SPAN, WHICH IS WHY WE DO HAVE THAT RISK OF FLOODING ONGOING. BUT NOW, AS THE CAMERA PANS OFF TOWARDS THE EAST, LOOKS LIKE YOU’RE A LITTLE BIT DRIER, RIGHT? YOU SEE A COUPLE SLIVERS OF SUNSHINE HERE AND THERE, BUT ULTIMATELY THE MAIN FOCUS IS THIS DARK PLUME OF GRAY INDICATING THE RAIN TOUCHING DOWN. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE RAIN RING SURROUNDING OUR I-4 CORRIDOR AND WINTER PARK WHERE WE’RE LOCATED HERE, IN WHICH WE DID SEE A COUPLE LIGHTNING STRIKES JUST OUTSIDE OF THAT FIVE MILE RADIUS OUT TOWARDS US 17 IN ORLANDO. AS THIS SHOWER IS PUSHING TOWARDS THE NORTH AND THE EAST, OUTSIDE OF TEN MILES, WE STILL HAVE THIS STORM IN CHIYODA. AND HERE’S A LOOK AT THE RAINFALL RETURN RATES THAT I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT. FIVE PLUS INCHES IN JUST AN HOUR’S TIME SPAN DOESN’T MEAN IT’S GOING TO BE CONSISTENT. BUT FOR THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT IN TIME, IT WAS COMING DOWN QUICKLY. AND WE’LL SEE MUCH MORE RAIN ON THE WAY AS WE CONTINUE ACROSS THE REST OF YOUR AFTERNOON, AND ESPECIALLY INTO THE EVENING. ONE THING THAT WE’RE MONITORING IS THIS EAST COAST BREEZE INCHING CLOSER TO THE I-4 CORRIDOR, WHERE WE HAVE STORMS ONGOING SO THAT CONVERGENCE COULD SPAWN A FEW EXTRA STRONGER SHOWERS AND DOWNPOURS OUT TOWARDS CLERMONT HERE IN LAKE COUNTY ALONG U.S. 27. WE’RE WATCHING THESE SHOWERS COMING IN FROM THE SOUTH, ACROSS MONTVERDE, BACK UP TOWARDS THE NORTH. WE GO IN FLAGLER COUNTY. WE ALREADY HAVE A STRONG STORM. WIND GUSTS COULD BE UP TO 40MPH, BUT I DO BELIEVE THE RAIN IS THE MUCH BIGGER ISSUE, ESPECIALLY ONCE THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE BEGINS TO AMPLIFY THAT SHOWER THERE ACROSS SCOTTSMOOR SOME HEAVY RAIN COMING DOWN RIGHT NOW ACROSS I-95 AND BACK TOWARDS THE SOUTH. THIS IS A MONSTROUS CLUSTER ACROSS EASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY THAT WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR EYES ON IT, STACKED UP SOME SUBSTANTIAL RAIN ALREADY BETWEEN 2 AND 3IN. AND THAT RAIN IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE ANYTIME SOON. HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR RAIN CHANCES IN ORLANDO FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. NOTICE AT SEVEN AND EIGHT, WE HAVE THAT SURGE OF MOISTURE, BUT IT TAPERS AWAY QUICKLY BY 9:00. SO THE FURTHER INTO THE EVENING YOU GO, THE LESS RAIN YOU’RE GOING TO SEE. RIGHT NOW, WE’RE STILL WATCHING THE WINDS. WE HAVE THAT SOUTH AND EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS I-95, BUT THE PREDOMINANT WINDS TODAY HAVE BEEN A WESTERLY ORIENTATION. WE’LL SEE THAT WEST COAST FLOW MEET UP WITH THE BOUNDARY FROM THE EAST, SPAWNING A FEW EXTRA SHOWERS BEFORE THE NIGHT IS SET IN. DONE SO ACROSS 5:00 ON YOUR COMMUTE HOME. GET READY FOR HEAPS OF DOWNPOURS IN ORLANDO THROUGH SANFORD. THESE SHOWERS TRAVEL TOWARDS THE EAST AND AS WE GET INTO THE EVENING, WE COULD SEE SOME HEAVIER SHOWERS AND STRONGER STORMS IN OSCEOLA COUNTY. THESE CONTINUE TO PUSH TOWARDS THE COAST LINE, WHICH ACROSS THE COAST. IT’S GOING TO BE A WHILE BEFORE THE RAIN IS SAID AND DONE, TAPERING JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT, LEAVING BEHIND CLOUDY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST IN DAYTONA WILL KEEP THE SHOWERS ALIVE AND WELL THROUGH 9:00 AND 10:00, AND THEN BY 11 CLOUDY SKIES ARE BACK IN THE PICTURE. CONTINUING ACROSS YOUR OVERNIGHT HOURS, IN WHICH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE STALLING IN THE 70S TONIGHT. SO A WARM EVENING TO SAY THE LEAST. AND WE GOT ANOTHER ROUND OF MOISTURE ON TAP FOR US. TOMORROW IS TROPICAL AIR BEGINS TO FILTER IN. BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WILL BE EAST OF THE I-4 CORRIDOR TOMORROW. BACKING UP TOWARDS I-95 AND THEN MORE OF THE SAME COMING YOUR WAY THIS WEEKEND IN WHICH WE’RE TRACKING IMPACT WEATHER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH A 70 AND 80% CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WORK WEEK? WELL, EVENTUALLY THE WET WEATHER WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY TAPER AWAY. WE’LL STILL BE TRACKING THAT CHANCE FOR SOME GULF COAST MOISTURE OUT TOWARDS TEXAS. NOT SO MUCH IN OUR DIRECTION, SO WE’LL TAPER OFF ON YOUR IMPACT WEATHER DAYS HEADING INTO TUESDAY, AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE TRENDING SLIGHTL

Chopper 2 Shows Tropical Downpours in Central Florida | Prolonged Impact Weather Through the Weekend With Flooding Concerns

Updated: 5:45 PM EDT May 28, 2026

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Chopper 2 Shows Tropical Downpours in Central Florida | Prolonged Impact Weather Through the Weekend With Flooding Concerns

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