{"id":378929,"date":"2026-08-23T08:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T08:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/378929\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T08:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T08:40:09","slug":"strong-storms-could-impact-south-florida-this-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/378929\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong storms could impact South Florida this afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop across South Florida this afternoon and evening, with an isolated strong to severe storm possible.<\/p>\n<p>A south to southwest wind will initially focus the greatest storm coverage across inland South Florida during the afternoon. As storms develop, their leftover boundaries could collide with sea breezes and trigger additional thunderstorms closer to the coastal metro areas later in the day.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"{p}Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop across South Florida this afternoon and evening, with an isolated strong to severe storm possible. (WPEC){\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4b22f479-0f9c-493b-a3eb-0968a5dfe876-TodayS_OForecast.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop across South Florida this afternoon and evening, with an isolated strong to severe storm possible. (WPEC)<\/p>\n<p>A few storms could become particularly strong. The greatest concern will be powerful downburst winds, which occur when rapidly sinking air from a thunderstorm hits the ground and spreads outward. An isolated storm could approach or briefly reach severe levels, particularly where storms merge or multiple boundaries collide. Frequent lightning and torrential rainfall will also accompany the strongest storms.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures will remain hot, with afternoon highs in the low to mid-90s. Heat index values will generally range from 100 to 105 degrees, although some locations could briefly feel between 105 and 110 degrees before thunderstorms provide some relief.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"{p}Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop across South Florida this afternoon and evening, with an isolated strong to severe storm possible. (WPEC){\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3a6f9147-fbfd-425c-b052-9a30c991f68b-AfternoonHeatIndex.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop across South Florida this afternoon and evening, with an isolated strong to severe storm possible. (WPEC)<\/p>\n<p>Another plume of Saharan dust begins moving into South Florida tonight and Monday. This layer of hot, dry and dusty air from Africa should reduce the overall number of thunderstorms, but the dry air could also help the storms that manage to develop produce stronger wind gusts. A few strong to severe storms will remain possible Monday despite lower overall storm coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop across South Florida this afternoon and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-378929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378929","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=378929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}