Hot with Saharan Dust for South Florida
WE’RE GOING TO GET YOUR HEADLINES IN A LITTLE. BUT FIRST FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST SANDRA SHAW IS STANDING BY WITH YOUR FORECAST. AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE’RE SEEING ON YOUR SCREEN HERE. SANDRA. IT’S SAHARAN DUST NIKKI. AND IT MADE ITS WAY ALL THE WAY FROM WHERE WE DEFINITELY SEE IN THE TROPICAL HEIGHT OF THE SEASON, THOSE AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING. WELL, THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, SAHARAN DUST TRAVELS, THE TRADE WINDS. AND IT’S GOING TO GIVE US SORT OF AN OVERCAST, KIND OF A HAZY ATMOSPHERE OR VIBE ACROSS THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA TODAY. SO IT’S GOING TO BE HOT, HUMID, HAZY WITH THAT DUST AND MIGHT EXACERBATE SOME ALLERGIES. ALSO THIS JUST IN WE’RE DEVELOPING WITH ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN SHORELINE BETWEEN NORTH FLORIDA AND THE CAROLINAS. THERE’S A 20% CHANCE THAT THIS MATERIALIZES INTO SOMETHING FORMAL AND DESIGNATED. IT’S DRIFTING TO THE WEST, SO IT’S GOING TO ENHANCE RAIN IN THE CAROLINAS AND MAYBE PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST, BUT NOT A PLAYER FOR US. BUT NEXT NAME ON THE LIST IF WE’RE KEEPING TRACK IS BERTHA. MEANWHILE, HEAT RISK, WE HAVE POCKETS OF MAJOR HEAT TODAY ON THE TREASURE COAST AND HERE ACROSS THE PALM BEACHES, MODERATE ELSEWHERE. TRANSLATION IT WILL FEEL LIKE THE TRIPLE DIGITS OUT THERE, SO GET READY FOR THAT. SIMMERING HERE IN THE LOW 80S. AND STUART AND JUPITER IT’S 83 IN WEST PALM. DID NOT COOL DOWN MUCH LAST NIGHT. 82 IN BOCA AND FEELS STICKIER THAN THAT. WE’RE IN ROUTE TO DAYTIME HIGHS TODAY IN THE LOW 90S. OUR AVERAGE HIGH THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IS ACTUALLY 89, SO WE’RE SURPASSING THAT YET AGAIN. AGAIN, FACTORING IN THAT HAZE AND THAT HEAT AND THE HUMIDITY WITH THE DUST, IT WILL FEEL LIKE 100 TO 103 THIS AFTERNOON. BY THIS EVENING, THERE’S A CHANCE O
WPBF 25 First Warning Meteorologist
South Florida will see hazy, hot, and humid conditions today with Saharan dust mixing in with the atmosphere. There’s a slight chance of some showers and storms this evening. Meanwhile highs will hit the lower 90s, above average, with triple digit heat indices. A broad area of low pressure in the tropics has a 20% shot of developing well north of South Florida off the Southeast coast. It will drift west.
South Florida will see hazy, hot, and humid conditions today with Saharan dust mixing in with the atmosphere. There’s a slight chance of some showers and storms this evening. Meanwhile highs will hit the lower 90s, above average, with triple digit heat indices. A broad area of low pressure in the tropics has a 20% shot of developing well north of South Florida off the Southeast coast. It will drift west.