{"id":270697,"date":"2026-05-14T10:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/270697\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T10:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:46:11","slug":"orlando-weather-drier-warmer-stretch-before-rain-returns-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/270697\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando weather: Drier, warmer stretch before rain returns this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sn4b9i58a7u307ew.jpg\" alt=\"Orlando AM Weather Forecast: Drier, seasonably warm day ahead\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; Lower humidity, seasonable temperatures, and mostly sunny skies will make way for a pleasant Thursday across Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Afternoon highs will be right around what&#8217;s considered to be average for this time of year, with temperatures peaking in the mid 80s along the coast and upper 80s inland.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/fox-local\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wx-gfx-051426-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Lower moisture and humidity levels will not only mean a dry day in terms of rain and storm chances, but also more comfortable conditions outdoors.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wx-gfx-051426-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Partly to mostly clear overnight. It will remain pleasant and less humid as temperatures dip into the mid and upper 60s for Friday morning lows.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Friday will be another mostly dry day, only with hotter temperatures with highs nearing 90 degrees.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35&#8217;S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wx-gfx-051426-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Humidity and moisture levels will bump up slightly for the weekend, leading to slightly higher chances of showers and storms.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A summerlike set-up will take hold on Saturday with a 30% chance of sea-breeze-driven showers and storms. Best chances tomorrow will be near the I-75 corridor in Marion and Sumter counties.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wx-gfx-051426-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Sunday will feature a 60% chance of showers and storms with rounds of heavy rain at times. Temperatures will hold steady next week, a degree or two either side of 90.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Sea-breeze driven daily downpours and storms will be possible just about every afternoon next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this story was provided by the FOX 35 Storm Team.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/weather\/weather-forecast\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather Forecast<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; Lower humidity, seasonable temperatures, and mostly sunny skies will make way for a pleasant Thursday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[115,139,141,140,221,404],"class_list":["post-270697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-weather","tag-weather-forecast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270697","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=270697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}