Heat advisories with feels-like temps in the triple digits across South Florida
GOOD MORNING. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, JULY 8TH. I’M ERIN GUY WITH YOUR NEWS TO GO. A BRUSH FIRE BATTLE IN MARTIN COUNTY NEAR OKEECHOBEE, GROWING TO 100 ACRES OVERNIGHT. THE FIRE STARTED JUST AFTER 6:00 LAST NIGHT RIGHT OFF COUNTY ROAD 15 B AND STATE ROAD 710 NEAR INDIANTOWN. AS OF THIS MORNING. FLORIDA FIRE SERVICE SAYS THE BRUSH FIRE IS ABOUT 75% CONTAINED. OFFICIALS SAY NO STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. THEY’RE ASKING PEOPLE TO AVOID THE AREA DUE TO SMOKY CONDITIONS. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS. A MAN’S BODY WAS DISCOVERED ALONG THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON SHORELINE NEAR SEBASTIAN. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAS A 44 YEAR OLD MAN FROM PALM BAY WHO HAD BEEN REPORTED MISSING. TWO FISHERMEN FOUND HIS BODY. THE CASE IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS A SUSPICIOUS DEATH. MEANWHILE, WE’RE WORKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT A DEADLY SHOOTING IN FORT PIERCE. POLICE ARRESTED A MAN FOR KILLING A 66 YEAR OLD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE VICTIM WAS IDENTIFIED AS 66 YEAR OLD ANDRE BARNES. A SUSPECT HAS BEEN ARRESTED, BUT THE IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. AND A WEEKEND SHOOTING IN FORT PIERCE HAS TURNED DEADLY. A WOMAN AND A MAN WERE SHOT. THE MAN SADLY DIED AT THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY. THE WOMAN IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. POLICE BELIEVE THE SHOOTING STEMMED FROM A FIGHT EARLIER IN THE DAY ON OKEECHOBEE ROAD. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. AND WEATHER WISE, IT’S IMPACT BECAUSE OF A HEAT ADVISORY THAT ACTIVATES AT 11 WILL BE UP UNTIL 6:00 TONIGHT. MEANING TRANSLATION THAT IT WILL FEEL LIKE 105 TO 110 FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THAT HIGH HUMIDITY, SAHARAN DUST AND HEAT. SO TAKE IT EASY O
WPBF 25 First Warning Meteorologist
WPBF 25 First Warning meteorologists are tracking impact weather with heat advisories across South Florida. Palm Beach County is expected to have a heat index of 108 for at least two hours. Okeechobee, Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin counties are expected to peak at a heat index of 109. The heat advisories are in effect from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Wednesday: Hot and humid with highs in the low to mid 90s and dangerous feels like temps well into the 100s Few showers 20% as Saharan dust moves overhead to limit rainfall The combo of Saharan dust and upper-level high pressure will keep rainfall limited and temps hotThursday: Highs in the mid to upper 90s with feels like temps well into the 100s Saharan dust and high-pressure bringing heat and dry weather Stray showers 10%Next few days: Hot and humid with highs in the mid 90s for most over the coming days Rainfall will be fairly limited due to Saharan dust and high pressure Tracking the TropicsStay with WPBF 25 on-air and online for updates.Interactive radarSevere Weather Alerts Download the WPBF 25 News app for the most up-to-date weather alerts.
WPBF 25 First Warning meteorologists are tracking impact weather with heat advisories across South Florida.
Palm Beach County is expected to have a heat index of 108 for at least two hours. Okeechobee, Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin counties are expected to peak at a heat index of 109.
The heat advisories are in effect from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Wednesday:
Hot and humid with highs in the low to mid 90s and dangerous feels like temps well into the 100s Few showers 20% as Saharan dust moves overhead to limit rainfall The combo of Saharan dust and upper-level high pressure will keep rainfall limited and temps hot
Thursday:
Highs in the mid to upper 90s with feels like temps well into the 100s Saharan dust and high-pressure bringing heat and dry weather Stray showers 10%
Next few days:
Hot and humid with highs in the mid 90s for most over the coming days Rainfall will be fairly limited due to Saharan dust and high pressure Tracking the Tropics
Stay with WPBF 25 on-air and online for updates.
Download the WPBF 25 News app for the most up-to-date weather alerts.