{"id":169979,"date":"2026-02-26T11:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/169979\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T11:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:42:09","slug":"orlando-weather-warm-temps-much-needed-rain-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/169979\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando weather: Warm temps, much-needed rain on the way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/319g1itwltgvzur3.jpg\" alt=\"Orlando AM Weather Forecast: Big warm-up for Central Florida\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; An increased risk of fire weather danger exists today across Central Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WOFL\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">FOX 35 Storm Team Alert:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Low humidity, gusty winds, and worsening drought will combine for a high threat of brush fires. A Fire Weather Warning is in place from 1 p.m.- 6 p.m., which is when the risk will be the highest.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wx-gfx-022626-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-97c6a84c=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Any flames that breakout could spread quickly, making it difficult for firefighters to contain. Burn bans are already in place for several counties in Central Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wx-gfx-022626-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-97c6a84c=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Outside of the fire risk, today will be a mostly sunny and warm one. Temperatures will be a few degrees above normal, as highs come just shy of 80 degrees.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wx-gfx-022626-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-97c6a84c=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Mostly clear skies continue tonight as temperatures remain mild. Plan for Friday morning lows to fall into the upper 50s to the low 60s.<\/p>\n<p> Warmer weather rest of the week, rain possible this weekend <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Tomorrow features some of the warmest temperatures of the week, as highs make a run for the mid 80s. This will be ahead of some much-needed rain Friday night and into the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wx-gfx-022626-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-97c6a84c=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">A weakening cold front will approach the region Friday evening and into the overnight. Friday&#8217;s rain chance is at 30% as it won&#8217;t be an all-day washout. Showers look to develop Friday afternoon and evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wx-gfx-022626-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-97c6a84c=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">So far, the best chances of the heaviest rain will take place on Saturday morning at 60% as the cold front moves in. There is a low chance of a few isolated rumbles of thunder as well. With the current data trends, the rain looks to fade and clear out by Saturday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Sunday will be drier as temperatures warm into the upper 70s for highs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story was written with information from the FOX 35 Storm Team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/weather\/weather-forecast\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather Forecast<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; An increased risk of fire weather danger exists today across Central Florida.\u00a0 FOX 35 Storm&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[115,139,141,140,221,404],"class_list":["post-169979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-weather","tag-weather-forecast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}