Weekend Red Flag Warnings and Dangerous Rip Current Risks – Central Florida March 22nd Forecast
Weekend Red Flag Warnings and Dangerous Rip Current Risks
JUST WRAPPED UP AT 6:00 TONIGHT. THE TICKETS WERE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT. ALL RIGHT, LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WEATHER WISE HERE AT HOME. WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH SOME DANGEROUSLY DRY CONDITIONS OUT THERE. RIGHT NOW WE’RE DEALING WITH A RED FLAG WARNING. THAT’S CORRECT. ACROSS OUR NORTHERNMOST COUNTIES, THE JACKSONVILLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, THEY ISSUED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR MARION AND ALSO FLAGLER COUNTY. IT’S GOING TO BE ACTIVE UNTIL 7:00. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IS THAT WE’VE JUST BEEN SO DRY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. MANY OF US HAVE A MASSIVE DEFICIT IN REGARDS TO OUR SEASONAL AVERAGE RAINFALL THAT COULD STRETCH ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3 AND 4IN BELOW OUR SEASONAL AVERAGE. SO THE FURTHER NORTH YOU GO, WELL, THE DRIER CONDITIONS CURRENTLY ARE. EVEN YOUR RELATIVE HUMIDITY THAT SITS AT A 26% VALUE IN DELAND, 30% ACROSS PALM COAST. AND THAT’S JUST A MEASURE OF HOW MUCH MOISTURE WE’RE HOLDING ON TO IN THE AIR. NOT MUCH. AS TEMPERATURES CLIMBED INTO THE MID 80S TODAY. AND TYPICALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THIS FIRE, DANGEROUS RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ONLY HAVE TO BE BELOW 35%. YOU CAN CHECK THAT OFF THE CHECKLIST TODAY. DRY VEGETATION IN PLACE BECAUSE WE HAVEN’T SEEN MUCH RAIN SO FAR THIS YEAR, AND WE’VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT BREEZY ACROSS OUR NORTHERNMOST COMMUNITIES TOO. GUSTS UPWARDS OF 20MPH. THANKFULLY, OUR NEXT SHOT AT SHOWERS DOES ARRIVE ON TUESDAY. BUT WILL IT BE ENOUGH RAIN TO TURN THIS DROUGHT AROUND? WE’LL SEE THE ANSWER TO THAT IN JUST A SECOND, BUT HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR FIRE DANGER INDEX, WHICH WE DO HAVE A MODERATE THREAT ACROSS ALL OF OUR CENTRAL FLORIDA COMMUNITIES TODAY. AND HERE’S A PEEK AT THE DROUGHT MONITOR. THIS GETS UPDATED WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY. AND AS OF LAST THURSDAY, THE FURTHER NORTH YOU GO, THE MORE EXTREME THE DROUGHT IS GOING TO BE. THAT INCLUDES MARION, ALSO PARTS OF LAKE VOLUSIA AND ALL OF FLAGLER COUNTY. RAIN CHANCES DO ELEVATE AS WE MOVE INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WORKWEEK. A 50% COVERAGE ON TUESDAY, 30% ON WEDNESDAY. AND THEN THEY START TO FADE AS WE MOVE ACROSS THE BACK END OF YOUR WORKWEEK. SO WE NEED THE RAIN. NOT MANY DAYS HAVE IT NOT INCLUDING TODAY EITHER. 84 DEGREE TEMPERATURES OUT THE DOOR, NOT A CLOUD IN SIGHT HERE ACROSS THE I-4 CORRIDOR. WINDS ARE SUSTAINED FROM THE SOUTH AND THE WEST AT SEVEN MILES PER HOUR. AND IT WAS THAT SOUTHERLY BREEZE WHICH PROPELLED YOUR TEMPERATURES INTO THE 80S TODAY, THAT IN THE COMBINATION OF THIS BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE HERE ACROSS ORLANDO, HERE’S THAT HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM. IT’S GOING TO SAG TOWARDS THE SOUTH AS WE MOVE INTO THE WORKWEEK TOMORROW, AND WE WILL START TO SEE A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHING. THAT WILL GIVE US THE SHOT OF RAIN ON TUESDAY. BEFORE WE GET THERE, THOUGH, FOGGY WEATHER LIES OUT THE DOOR TONIGHT, WE’LL SEE THAT FOG START TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST, ESPECIALLY ACROSS I-75 WHERE WE COULD HAVE SOME VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WARM TO START OFF THE WORKWEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE IS IN CONTROL. BUT NOW HERE COMES THE FRONT AND IT’S GOING TO STALL OUT. SO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY GIVE US OUR BEST SHOT AT RAIN. HOW MUCH RAIN ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WELL, THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MODELS THAT I DO DEFINITELY AGREE WITH. AND WE’RE WATCHING MAYBE HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH ACROSS SOME OF OUR SOGGIEST COMMUNITIES AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY. COMING UP. SO ONCE THE RAIN COMES TO ITS END, WE WON’T SEE TOO MUCH ACCUMULATION. WE WILL SEE TEMPERATURES. COOL JUST A BIT. WE’RE BACK DOWN IN THE 70S ACROSS THE COAST ON WEDNESDAY, INLAND, THOUGH, TEMPERATURES ONLY DROP TO 81 DEGREES. AND THEN WE START TO WAR
Weekend Red Flag Warnings and Dangerous Rip Current Risks – Central Florida March 22nd Forecast
Weekend Red Flag Warnings and Dangerous Rip Current Risks
Updated: 6:46 PM EDT Mar 22, 2026
Weekend Red Flag Warnings and Dangerous Rip Current RisksA Beautiful weekend finish in Central Florida. Sunshine returned highs to the mid-eighties inland. Dry weather sticks around through Monday with warm afternoons in the mid 80s and cooler nights in the 50s. Fire danger remains elevated due to low humidity and breezy conditions. In Marion and Flagler Counties, a Red Flag Warning Remains in place. Along the coast, High Rip Current Threats still remain in the picture. By Tuesday and Wednesday, a weak front brings increasing clouds and a few scattered showers, mainly in the afternoon and evening. A couple of storms are possible, but rainfall totals stay light and won’t do much to ease drought conditions. Late week, drier weather returns with above-normal temperatures continuing, and highs climbing back into the upper 80s inland by Friday.
Weekend Red Flag Warnings and Dangerous Rip Current Risks
A Beautiful weekend finish in Central Florida. Sunshine returned highs to the mid-eighties inland. Dry weather sticks around through Monday with warm afternoons in the mid 80s and cooler nights in the 50s. Fire danger remains elevated due to low humidity and breezy conditions. In Marion and Flagler Counties, a Red Flag Warning Remains in place. Along the coast, High Rip Current Threats still remain in the picture. By Tuesday and Wednesday, a weak front brings increasing clouds and a few scattered showers, mainly in the afternoon and evening. A couple of storms are possible, but rainfall totals stay light and won’t do much to ease drought conditions. Late week, drier weather returns with above-normal temperatures continuing, and highs climbing back into the upper 80s inland by Friday.