{"id":238977,"date":"2026-04-20T14:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238977\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:37:13","slug":"south-florida-could-see-strong-storms-packing-heavy-rain-gusty-winds-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238977\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida could see strong storms packing heavy rain, gusty winds Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to sweep into South Florida on Monday as a cold front approaches the region.<\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed a dry, calm start to the new workweek on Monday, and high temperatures are expected to climb into the low 80s before the wet weather rolls in.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776695831_885_highs-today.png#.png\" alt=\"highs-today.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  The forecast high temperatures in South Florida on Monday, April 20, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Miami<\/p>\n<p>The rain is expected to be more widespread around mid- to late-afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the storms on Monday could be strong and produce heavy rain and gusty winds.<\/p>\n<p>As winds increase later on Monday, the National Weather Service said there will be a high risk of rip currents along the Atlantic beaches as of 2 p.m., and a small craft advisory will go into effect at 2 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/auto-pops-next-7-days.png#.png\" alt=\"auto-pops-next-7-days.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  The rainfall chances in South Florida over the next seven days.<\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Miami<\/p>\n<p>Once the front clears on Monday night, drier and cooler air will move in.<\/p>\n<p>Low temperatures will fall into the low 70s and upper 60s overnight.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/highs-tomorrow.png#.png\" alt=\"highs-tomorrow.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  The forecast high temperatures in South Florida on Tuesday, April 21, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Miami<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, it&#8217;s expected to be windy and pleasant with high temperatures in the upper 70s.<\/p>\n<p>Wind gusts could reach 30 mph or stronger.<\/p>\n<p>The windy weather will lead to hazardous beach and boating conditions. There will also be a dangerous high risk of rip currents from Tuesday to Friday.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776695833_661_auto-highs-next-7-days.png#.png\" alt=\"auto-highs-next-7-days.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  The forecast high temperatures in South Florida over the next seven days.<\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Miami<\/p>\n<p>We will stay breezy and pleasant through Wednesday and Thursday with high temperatures remaining below average in the upper 70s.<\/p>\n<p>The chance of rain will stay low through midweek, too.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures will increase slightly later this week as high temperatures climb into the low 80s on Friday and Saturday with spotty showers possible.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776695833_905_next-wx-7-day.png#.png\" alt=\"next-wx-7-day.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  The forecast in South Florida over the next seven days.<\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Miami<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to sweep into South Florida on Monday as a cold front approaches&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[506,28,30,29,249,123,1064,807,14111],"class_list":["post-238977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-broward-county","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-miami","tag-miami-dade","tag-south-florida","tag-thunderstorm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238977","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=238977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}