Storms arrive early this afternoon across Central Florida
Track them hour-by-hour with meteorologist Victoria Wisniewski
BUT WE ARE A 75% CHANCE OF A GO. HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE SEVEN DAY FORECAST ACROSS THE SUNSHINE STATE. WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S. AND AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, WE REMAIN CONSISTENT IN TERMS OF THE HUMIDITY AND THE HEAT. BUT OUR RAIN CHANCES ARE GOING TO DROP 50% BY WEDNESDAY AND DOWN TO 30 AND 20% AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SO HERE’S THE SETUP AS WE HEAD INTO THE UPCOMING WEEK. STILL, THIS NORMAL JULY PATTERN, HUMID AND DRY THROUGH THE MORNINGS, SEA BREEZE HAS BECOME ACTIVE AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOONS. BY MIDWEEK, WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THAT’S GOING TO BE KEEPING OUR SEA BREEZES QUITE ACTIVE, AND WE WILL EVENTUALLY SEE OUR RAIN CHANCES DROP, BUT FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY. UPPER 90S NEAR 100 DEGREES AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN 2 TO 4 P.M. STAY HYDRATED AND FIND WAYS TO COOL DOWN. LOOKING AT 93 AS YOUR TEMPERATURE IN ORLANDO, 92 TOWARDS THE LAND AT 88 UP NEAR PALM COAST. OF COURSE YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE COOLER A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH, BUT EVERYONE ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL BE FEELING THE HEAT. SATELLITE AND RADAR IS MOSTLY CLEAR ACROSS THE SUNSHINE STATE, CLOSER TO ORLANDO, BUT JUST TO OUR WEST, WE ARE LOOKING AT A COUPLE SHOWERS AND STORMS. SO THE WESTERLY SEA BREEZES WILL BE GETTING KICKED UP A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. AROUND THE 3 P.M. TIME FRAME. BUT IF THEY START OUT EARLIER, THEY ARE GOING TO END EARLIER. THAT’S ALWAYS SOME GOOD NEWS. HERE’S A LOOK OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE COMING OUT OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH. BUT THE FORECAST FOR TODAY, IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY BECAUSE THE STORMS ARE GOING TO BE AROUND ALREADY BY 3 P.M. SO BETWEEN THREE TO ABOUT 6 TO 7 P.M., I’D SAY IS GOING TO BE OUR LARGEST COVERAGE OF STORMS. HERE’S A 12 HOUR FORECAST. AS THE HEAT CONTINUES, WE’RE GOING TO REACH PEAK HEATING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AND THEN OUR STORMS ARE GOING TO BE ARRIVING. THIS IS ALONG THE COASTLINE WHERE TEMPERATURES MAY BE COOLER. WE’RE STILL GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A MUCH HIGHER RAIN STORM COVERAGE. IF YOU’RE TRYING TO HIT THE BEACH A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, KEEP IN MIND THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DON’T HAVE A RIP CURRENT STATEMENT OUT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT MODERATE TO HIGH RIP CURRENTS TO BE THE RISK AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT TODAY. BUT THAT ACTUALLY DROPS OFF AS WE HEAD INTO THE UPCOMING WEEK. LET’S TALK ABOUT FUTURECAST HERE, WHERE WE BEGIN PRETTY EARLY WITH OUR WESTERLY SEA BREEZES. AND THEY’LL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST. WE SEE A MUCH LARGER RAIN COVERAGE AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON. BUT THEN, AS THIS WESTERLY SEA BREEZE INTERACTS WITH THE SEA BREEZE ON THE EAST COAST, THAT’S WHERE WE SEE THAT STRONGER RAIN COVERAGE. BUT YOU CAN NOTICE ALREADY BY 6 P.M., WE ARE CLEARING OUT. SO WE’LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT FOR YOU, ESPECIALLY AS WE HAVE FREQUENT THUNDER AND LIGHTNING WITH THESE STORMS AND POTENTIALLY SOME GUSTY WINDS AS WELL. SO A COUPLE OF THOSE CELLS COULD BE ON THE STRONGER SIDE. AND WE WILL SEE A SIMILAR TREND AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR MONDAY. BUT RAI
Storms arrive early this afternoon across Central Florida
Track them hour-by-hour with meteorologist Victoria Wisniewski
Updated: 8:23 AM EDT Jul 5, 2026