{"id":266531,"date":"2026-05-11T12:58:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/266531\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:58:30","slug":"south-florida-to-see-chances-for-heavy-rain-thunderstorms-this-week-as-wildfires-burn-in-broward-miami-dade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/266531\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida to see chances for heavy rain, thunderstorms this week as wildfires burn in Broward, Miami-Dade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CBS News Miami NEXT Weather team is tracking two wildfires burning in western Broward and southern Miami-Dade counties that could reduce visibility and air quality for parts of South Florida on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/active-fire-2.png#.png\" alt=\"active-fire-2.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  This graphic provides information on the Max Road Fire in western Broward County and the 172nd Avenue Fire in south Miami-Dade near Florida City.<\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Miami<\/p>\n<p>The Max Road Fire near US-27 in western Broward County has burned 5,000 acres and is 20% contained.<\/p>\n<p>The smoke from this fire is moving north and northwestward on Monday morning due to a light southeast breeze, but later on the smoke could hover over parts of western Broward County and then move westward.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/air-quality.png#.png\" alt=\"air-quality.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  The air quality in South Florida on the morning of May 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Miami<\/p>\n<p>The 172nd Avenue Fire in Florida City in southern Miami-Dade has burned 210 acres and is 30% contained.<\/p>\n<p>The smoke from this fire is relatively stagnant on Monday morning due to calm winds, but later on the smoke could lift a bit more northward and impact places like Leisure City and Homestead.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778504308_339_feels-like-temps-today.png#.png\" alt=\"feels-like-temps-today.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  The feels-like temperatures in South Florida on May 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Miami<\/p>\n<p>It was a dry and warm start to the day on Monday morning with temperatures in the low to mid-80s. On Monday afternoon, it will be hot and steamy with high temperatures climbing to around 90 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>The feels-like temperatures will be in the upper 90s and triple-digits.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/next-wx-feels-like-graph-today.png#.png\" alt=\"next-wx-feels-like-graph-today.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  The forecast feels-like temperatures in South Florida over the next seven days.<\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Miami<\/p>\n<p>Spotty showers and a few thunderstorms will be possible on Monday, but the rain chances will be even higher on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Any wet weather is welcome at this point as the rain could help in the containment of the wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778504309_451_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>The rain chances will be highest on Tuesday due to a frontal boundary and moisture that&#8217;s moving in.<\/p>\n<p>Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop on Tuesday with the potential for some heavier downpours.<\/p>\n<p>High temperatures will rise into the upper 80s.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778504310_202_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>We will remain unsettled on Wednesday with more rain expected. Scattered thunderstorms will move in and lead to heavier rain in some spots.<\/p>\n<p>Keep the umbrella handy on Thursday as passing showers and storms will stick around. High temperatures will remain near 90 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>The chance of rain will decrease on Friday but will rise again over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778504310_13_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":"The CBS News Miami NEXT Weather team is tracking two wildfires burning in western Broward and southern Miami-Dade&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[506,249,123,125,124,1064,807],"class_list":["post-266531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-broward-county","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-dade","tag-south-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266531","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=266531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}