{"id":267942,"date":"2026-05-12T12:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/267942\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:56:11","slug":"south-florida-sees-risk-of-severe-weather-tuesday-which-could-help-wildfire-fight-due-to-heavy-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/267942\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida sees risk of severe weather Tuesday which could help wildfire fight due to heavy rain"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CBS News Miami NEXT Weather team is continuing to monitor two active wildfires burning in South Florida.<\/p>\n

The Max Road Fire in western Broward Count near US-27 has grown in size and has burned more than 11,000 acres, but is 60% contained.<\/p>\n

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This graphic shows the latest information on wildfires burning in South Florida on May 12, 2026.<\/p>\n

CBS News Miami<\/p>\n

The smoke from this fire is moving west and southwest on Tuesday morning, but later in the day it will drift northward and to the northeast due to a shift in the winds.<\/p>\n

The 172nd Avenue Fire is burning in southern Miami-Dade near Florida City and has burned 300 acres and is 50% contained.<\/p>\n

The smoke from this fire has reduced visibility and forced officials to close Card Sound Road.<\/p>\n

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This graphic shows the forecast feels-like temperatures in South Florida on May 12, 2026.<\/p>\n

CBS News Miami<\/p>\n

South Florida is mainly dry and very warm on Tuesday morning. It will be another hot, steamy day ahead with forecast high temperatures in the upper 80s and low 90s.<\/p>\n

When you factor in the humidity, it will feel like the mid- to upper 90s.<\/p>\n

We need the rain to bring us some relief and help with the containment of the wildfires, and on Tuesday afternoon scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop.<\/p>\n

The rain chance is high on Tuesday due to plenty of moisture south of a frontal boundary to our north.<\/p>\n

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This graphic shows the forecast feels-like temperatures in South Florida over the next seven days.<\/p>\n

CBS News Miami<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, there is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms on Tuesday afternoon, mainly along interior portions of South Florida and along the east coast metro areas.<\/p>\n

Strong, gusty winds are the primary threats. But large hail and an isolated tornado can’t be ruled out.<\/p>\n

The gusty winds from the storms could create erratic fire behavior for the wildfires.<\/p>\n

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This graphic shows the severe weather outlook in South Florida on May 12, 2026.<\/p>\n

There is also a marginal risk (Livel 1 out of 4) of excessive rainfall for the eastern metropolitan areas.<\/p>\n

Some storms may produce heavy downpours and could lead to localized flooding.<\/p>\n

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This graphic shows the flash flood threat in South Florida on May 12, 2026.<\/p>\n

CBS News Miami<\/p>\n

Keep the umbrella close through Wednesday as we remain unsettled with more showers and storms around.<\/p>\n

High temperatures will stay in the upper 80s.<\/p>\n

On Thursday passing storms will be possible.<\/p>\n

The rain chance will drop Friday with only spotty showers and storms likely through the weekend.<\/p>\n

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This graphic shows the rainfall chances in South Florida over the next seven days.<\/p>\n

CBS News Miami<\/p>\n

In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The CBS News Miami NEXT Weather team is continuing to monitor two active wildfires burning in South Florida.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[506,28,30,29,249,123,1064,807],"class_list":["post-267942","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267942","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=267942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}