{"id":223173,"date":"2026-04-08T09:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/223173\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:46:07","slug":"miami-weather-flood-watch-extended-as-storms-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/223173\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami weather: Flood watch extended as storms return"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Leopoldo<\/p>\n

Leopoldo Briceno, 14, skimboards near South Pointe Park on Miami Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, April 7, 2026.<\/p>\n

AL DIAZ<\/p>\n

adiaz@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n

As rain returns to South Florida Wednesday, a flood watch has been extended to 10 p.m. The region also is under a rip current advisory<\/a> until 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

The chance of rain ranges from 30% to 60% in the region, according to the National Weather Service, with thunderstorms again in the forecast mostly after 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

Parts of South Florida could see up to five inches of rain, with \u201cslower moving\u201d storms, said CBS News Miami meteorologist Shane Hinton.<\/p>\n

South Florida also was under a flood watch on Tuesday. \u201cThe flood risk is actually a bit higher\u201d for Wednesday,\u201d Hinton said.<\/p>\n

One ray of sunshine with the overcast forecast? High temperature will stay under 80 degrees Wednesday afternoon, and the overnight low will drip into the upper-60s.<\/p>\n

Storms will be sticking around the next two days.<\/p>\n

Rain chance increases to 70% in the region on Thursday, according to the weather service. Better weather arrives Friday, with a 30% chance of rain, and Saturday\u2019s forecast is mostly sunny in South Florida.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: When will we see the worst weather during a rainy week? Check Miami predictions<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published April 8, 2026 at 5:10 AM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leopoldo Briceno, 14, skimboards near South Pointe Park on Miami Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. AL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-223173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223173","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=223173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}