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<\/p>\nTiming Showers for the First Round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational | March 5th Forecast<\/p>\n
Timing Showers for the First Round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational | March 5th Forecast<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tINFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE WESH.COM. ALL RIGHT, LET\u2019S GET A CHECK ON THAT FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA MARQUISE. HOW\u2019S IT GOING, MY FRIEND? I AM DOING WELL. I THINK ORLANDO WILL BE DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER NOW THAT THEIR LAWNS MIGHT GET WATERED TODAY. YES. AND JUST I STILL HAVE SO MANY DEAD PLANTS AFTER OUR FREEZE MARQUISE LIKE WE HAD SO MANY LIKE WILDFIRES OR BRUSH FIRES HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA JUST BECAUSE OF THE FREEZES THROUGHOUT JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. IT REALLY JUST DRIES UP THE VEGETATION AND ANY SPARK REALLY IGNITE A MASSIVE FLAME. THAT\u2019S WHAT WE\u2019VE SEEN. BUT TODAY WE\u2019RE GOING TO SEE SOME SHOWERS IN ORANGE COUNTY. MUCH NEEDED RAIN. IT\u2019S BEEN 88 LONG DAYS SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SAW HEAVY RAIN HERE IN ORLANDO, AND WE MIGHT PUT AN END TO THAT STRETCH TODAY. NOW, SO FAR THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MARCH, WE\u2019VE ONLY SEEN 15 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. IN THE LAST TIME WE HAD RAINFALL ABOVE AN INCH IN 24 HOURS. THAT WAS ALL THE WAY BACK IN DECEMBER ON THE SEVENTH. SO QUITE SOME TIME. BUT NOW\u2019S THE TIME TO TURN THINGS AROUND. WE\u2019LL SEE THE HEAVIER SHOWERS ACROSS I-75. THE FURTHER SOUTH YOU GO, THE BETTER YOUR CHANCE FOR RAIN IS GOING TO BE IN THE TAMPA AREA. THAT\u2019S WHAT WE\u2019LL HAVE. THE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS TODAY. BUT EVEN IN PARTS OF ORANGE COUNTY, WE COULD BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE SOME FORM OF PRECIPITATION, AND THAT MIGHT PUT A POSTPONEMENT OR DELAY ON THE API ONGOING TODAY. RIGHT NOW, 82 DEGREES IS WHAT YOU\u2019RE SPORTING IN ORLANDO. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE AHEAD OF THE RAIN MOVING IN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE WISE THOUGH, WE\u2019RE ALL IN THE 80S HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. LOW AND MID 80S WILL LIKELY RISE A FEW EXTRA DEGREES BEFORE THE DAY IS SAID AND DONE. AND FOR THE MOMENT, OUR LIVE DOPPLER RADAR IS TRENDING DRY. ONE SMALL EXCEPTION TO THAT STATEMENT. THE CAVEAT HERE, RIGHT ALONG THE ORANGE COUNTY AND BREVARD BORDER ALONG STATE ROAD 520, JUST WEST OF ROCKLEDGE. THAT\u2019S WHERE WE SEE THAT ISOLATED SHOWER, BUT ULTIMATELY, MUCH MORE RAIN IS IN THE PICTURE FOR TODAY DUE TO THAT SOUTH AND EASTERLY BREEZE. WE GO AHEAD AND DRAW ON THIS A TEN MILE RADIUS SURROUNDING THE API IN WHICH WE COULD POSSIBLY SEE THOSE FIRST FEW SHOWERS AS EARLY AS 2:00. LIGHT ROUNDS OF ISOLATED RAIN, BUT THESE BECOME HEAVIER AS THE AFTERNOON DOES PROGRESS. AND HEADING INTO THE EVENING, WE\u2019RE GOING TO SEE IS THAT SOUTH AND EASTERLY INFLUENCE MEDIUM THE BOUNDARY ACROSS I-75, PRODUCING THE CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS. POLK CITY CLERMONT BUSHNELL LEESBURG YOU GUYS WILL SEE THESE ROUNDS OF RAIN PUSHING TOWARDS THE NORTH AND THE WEST. AND BEFORE THE DAY IS SAID AND DONE WELL, WE COULD SEE SOME HEAVIER RAINFALL. TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR PLANNER WILL CARRY THE CHANCE FOR RAIN ALL THE WAY THROUGH 9:00. IF YOU\u2019RE IN THE ORLANDO METRO, AND AS FAR AS ACCUMULATION GOES, WE COULD SEE POCKETS OF RAIN BETWEEN MAYBE 2 TO 3IN. SO WE DEFINITELY NEED IT, ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES IN WHICH WE HAVE THAT EXTREME DROUGHT ONGOING TODAY. THAT DROUGHT MONITOR WAS JUST UPDATED EARLIER THIS MORNING. AND HERE\u2019S A LOOK AT THE RAINFALL TODAY COMPARED TO YOUR SEASONAL AVERAGE. SOME OF US 2 TO 3 PLUS INCHES BELOW OUR SEASONAL AVERAGE. SO IT\u2019S BEEN A DRY START TO THE YEAR AND WE\u2019RE HOPING TO TURN THINGS AROUND SOON. HEADING INTO THE END OF YOUR WORKWEEK. STILL, RAIN CHANCES DO EXIST ON FRIDAY TEMPERATURE WISE. PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD TODAY. HIGHS IN THE LOW 70S TO THE MID 80S AND UPPER 80S. THIS WEEKEND IN ORLANDO, 87 DEGREES ON SUNDAY. HEADING INTO THE WORKWEEK, THOUGH, MUCH MORE CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL EXIST. SO WE WILL TURN THESE DRY CONDITIONS AROUND WITH THAT CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS AND THEN WARMER TEMPERATURES AS WELL. LOOKS LIKE WE\u2019LL BE BACK IN THE MID 80S ON FRIDAY. 40% COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS SATURDAY. MORE RAIN AS WE PU\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Timing Showers for the First Round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational | March 5th Forecast<\/p>\n
Timing Showers for the First Round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational | March 5th Forecast<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 1:06 PM EST Mar 5, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n