{"id":264579,"date":"2026-05-09T08:39:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/264579\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T08:39:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:39:26","slug":"cooler-temps-with-higher-rain-and-storm-chances-friday-in-central-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/264579\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooler temps with higher rain and storm chances Friday in Central Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Central Florida will see cooler temperatures on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Daytime highs will climb into the 80s and low 90s Friday afternoon, which is nearly 10 degrees cooler for our local beaches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition, a front will dip southward, increasing moisture and rain chances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Although the thermometer won\u2019t read as high, it will still feel hot with heat index values reaching the mid and upper 90s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Areas north of Orlando will have the best chance of rain and storms on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Some storms could turn strong to severe with lightning, gusty winds, and coin-sized hail being the primary threats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Click here;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Click here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:click here;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;click here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"537\" height=\"108\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beda08358d6db9816e7b0d066edd22cf.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Central Florida will see cooler temperatures on Friday. Daytime highs will climb into the 80s and low 90s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[147,64359,32390,28,30,29,30574,114041,101515,8050,1286],"class_list":["post-264579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-central-florida","tag-chance-of-rain","tag-daytime-highs","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-friday-afternoon","tag-heat-index-values","tag-local-beaches","tag-rain-chances","tag-temperatures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264579","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=264579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}