{"id":389267,"date":"2026-09-03T12:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389267\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:36:14","slug":"orlando-weather-more-storms-heavy-rain-expected-through-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389267\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando weather: More storms, heavy rain expected through the weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/uon1s4i1pxhkcehl.jpg\" alt=\"Orlando AM Weather Forecast: More rain for Central Florida\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/uon1s4i1pxhkcehl.jpg\" alt=\"Orlando AM Weather Forecast: More rain for Central Florida\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-5173a8d8=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; Scattered to widespread afternoon shower and storm chances continue today and will last through the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Plan for a 70% chance today and a 60% chance Friday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A few isolated coastal downpours are possible this morning for Flagler, Volusia and Brevard counties.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">By noon, we could see a few more showers and storms try and move inland from the Atlantic. This would bring us a bit of an earlier start time to our daily rounds of rain.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wx-gfx-090326-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">That being said, it still appears that chances of the heaviest and most widespread activity will peak between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. With lightning expected, this could cause delayed dismissals at some schools this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Elevated moisture levels across Florida is what will help bring us more areas of heavier rain. Some areas could get water logged and experience isolated flooding and ponding on roadways.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">By the end of the week, rainfall totals could amount to a widespread 3 inches or more. It&#8217;s also worth noting, that just about each and every afternoon brings the risk of a few isolated strong storms, with gusty winds, torrential rain, and frequent lightning being the main threats.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wx-gfx-090326-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WOFL\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">How hot will it get?:<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wx-gfx-090326-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  Labor Day Weekend <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">We&#8217;ll still be dodging downpours and storms this holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wx-gfx-090326-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">With slightly less moisture in the atmosphere to work with, we&#8217;ll have more peaks of sunshine and a bit of a lower chance of showers and storms.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Plan for around a 50% chance of afternoon and evening scattered downpours and storms, largely driven by the Atlantic and Gulf sea-breeze collisions.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">With more sunshine on the way, temperatures will steadily creep back closer to the mid 90s for afternoon highs.<\/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.\u00a0<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/orange-county\/orlando\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; Scattered to widespread afternoon shower and storm chances continue today and will last through the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47,115,1335,139,141,140,628,221,404],"class_list":["post-389267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-us","tag-weather","tag-weather-forecast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389267","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=389267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}