Strong Storms Steamroll into Central Florida to Wrap-up Father’s Day Weekend | Summer Season Starts

Strong Storms Steamroll into Central Florida to Wrap-up Father’s Day Weekend | Summer Season Starts

GOVERNMENTS ALREADY USING THE DATA TO CRACK DOWN ON THE ILLEGAL TRADE. LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON, WEATHER. WEATHER WISE, ON THIS BEAUTIFUL FATHER’S DAY WILL A LITTLE BIT GLOOMY OUT THERE, BUT NOTHING SEVERE. THAT’S THE BEST NEWS THAT I’VE HEARD, RIGHT? NOT JUST THE FACT THAT WE’VE TRIED OUR BEST TO KEEP THE STRONG STORMS OFF TOWARDS THE COAST FOR FATHER’S DAY. BUT EVEN BETTER NEWS TO ME IS THAT WE’LL BE DRIER ENTERING THE START OF THE WORKWEEK. RIGHT? SO AS WE MOVE ACROSS MONDAY AND TUESDAY, NOTICE THAT YOUR RAIN CHANCES THERE ONLY AT 20%. THAT’S AS HIGH PRESSURE STARTS TO FILTER ITS WAY INTO THE FORECAST, KEEPING US SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. BUT RAIN CHANCES ARE BACK THE FURTHER INTO THE WORKWEEK WE GO. WE SEE THAT 50% COVERAGE ON FRIDAY. SO WHAT WE’RE WATCHING OUT FOR OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BE THESE EARLY SEA BREEZE STORMS TONIGHT. AND THEN THAT DRIER START TO YOUR WEEKEND, BUT BE READY FOR THE TEMPERATURES TO BEGIN TO SIZZLE WITHOUT THE RAIN COOLING US DOWN. WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IS HIGHS PEAKED IN THE LOW 90S IN ORLANDO, BUT WITH THE RAIN PASSING THROUGH, WE’RE TAKING A LOOK AT OUR TOURIST DISTRICT RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN ALMOST MAKE OUT EPCOT IN THE BACKGROUND. TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED ABOUT TEN DEGREES FROM YOUR HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON, SO WE’RE BACK DOWN IN THE LOWER 80S. AND IT’S A MORE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN PLACES LIKE TITUSVILLE, NEW SMYRNA BEACH, DAYTONA. YOU GUYS HAVE FOUND YOUR WAY INTO THE UPPER 70S, AND WE’VE SEEN SOME EXTENSIVE RAIN OUT THAT DIRECTION. KEEP IN MIND WE NEED THE RAIN AS WE ARE WELL BEHIND OUR SEASONAL AVERAGE THAT DROUGHT OR THE DEFICIT FROM SEASONAL, IS NEARLY 12IN IN THE LAST TIME WE HAD HEAVY RAIN OF AN INCH OR MORE. THAT WAS ALL THE WAY BACK IN DECEMBER, SO IT’S NO SURPRISE. WE ARE UNDER A SEVERE DROUGHT HERE IN ORLANDO, AND THAT DROUGHT GETS MORE PRONOUNCED AS YOU HEAD TOWARDS THE I-10 CORRIDOR INTO THE PANHANDLE OF OUR SUNSHINE STATE. SO WE’RE MAKING UP FOR SOME LOST TIME RIGHT NOW. IN FACT, WE ARE MONITORING SOME STRONG STORMS. BUT HERE’S WHAT JUST ROLLED THROUGH THE TOURIST DISTRICT. YOU SEE, DISNEY ALSO OUT TOWARDS HUNTERS CREEK. SOME SIGNIFICANT RAIN ACROSS TOLL FOR 17. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU GUYS THIS. THIS IS AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. YOU SEE THOSE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO DO IS THEY COLLIDE WITH THAT BREEZE FROM THE WEST IS INCREASE THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS OUT TOWARDS CANYONVILLE AND YEEHAW JUNCTION. YOU SEE THAT SEA BREEZE COLLIDING WITH THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. THEN BOOM, HERE COMES THE EXPLOSION OF SHOWERS. YOU SEE THE LIGHTNING STRIKES ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AND WITH THIS PARTICULAR STRONG STORM, WE’RE MONITORING THE WINDS IN WHICH IS KEEPING SOME OF THE FASTER WIND SPEEDS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND NEARLY 50MPH. SO DEFINITELY A STRONG STORM ON OUR HANDS IN SOUTHERN OSCEOLA AND BREVARD COUNTY. SO WE’RE WATCHING THAT MOVE ACROSS I-95 BACK TOWARDS THE NORTH. HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING ACROSS STATE ROAD 17 THROUGH LAKE COUNTY. AFTER YOU GUYS SEE THE RAIN RIGHT NOW, THESE SHOWERS FILTERING ACROSS DAYTONA BEACH, PORT ORANGE AND PONCE INLET, IT WILL BE PUSHING TOWARDS THE EAST. SIGNIFICANT RAIN WE’VE SEEN IN ORMOND BEACH, 3.12IN. TITUSVILLE TWO AND A HALF. MIMS JUST ABOVE TWO. JUST LIKE SCOTTSMOOR AND PORT ORANGE, JUST SHY OF TWO INCHES. SO AS WE PUSH THE SHOWERS OFF SHORE BY 8:00, WHAT WE’RE LEFT WITH DRIER CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE STARTS TO FILTER IN. AND THAT MEANS THE CLOUDS WILL SEPARATE AND WE’LL SEE A LOT OF SUNSHINE TO START OFF THE MORNING TOMORROW. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT 77 OUT THE DOOR TOMORROW MORNING AT 7:00 IN ORLANDO. AND HERE’S THAT HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT’S GOING TO KEEP THIS FRONT FROM ENTERING THE I-10 QUARTER AND KEEP US A LITTLE BIT DRIER AS WE HEAD INTO THE WORK WEEK. SO RAIN CHANCES NOT TOO HIGH. TOMORROW WE MIGHT SEE A COUPLE SHOWERS ALONG OUR COASTAL COMMUNITIES. TIMING THOSE OUT FOR YOU ON FUTURECAST. NOW NOTICE WITHOUT THE RAIN WE SURGE INTO THE MID AND UPPER 90S HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA BEFORE THE SHOWERS GET TO US IN THE AFTERNOON, AND ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE I-95 CORRIDOR AND THROUGHOUT THE WORKWEEK. WE’RE JUST HOT AND HUMID TO START THINGS OFF BEFORE THOSE RAIN CHANCES COME BACK. FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY. WE’LL TAKE A L

Strong Storms Steamroll into Central Florida to Wrap-up Father’s Day Weekend | Summer Season Starts

Strong Storms Steamroll into Central Florida to Wrap-up Father’s Day Weekend | Summer Season Starts

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Updated: 6:53 PM EDT Jun 21, 2026

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Strong Storms Steamroll into Central Florida to Wrap-up Father’s Day Weekend | Summer Season Starts Today

Strong Storms Steamroll into Central Florida to Wrap-up Father’s Day Weekend | Summer Season Starts Today