{"id":390231,"date":"2026-09-04T11:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/390231\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:46:18","slug":"orlando-weather-rain-storms-expected-through-labor-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/390231\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando weather: Rain, storms expected through Labor Day weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/o3wulvxeqkc7hd2y.jpg\" alt=\"Orlando AM Weather Forecast: Rainy Labor Day weekend\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/o3wulvxeqkc7hd2y.jpg\" alt=\"Orlando AM Weather Forecast: Rainy Labor Day weekend\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-5173a8d8=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; More downpours and thunderstorms will arrive today across Central Florida with one subtle change, a small shift in the timeline of when these will begin.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Over the past few days, we&#8217;ve seen an onshore flow help push showers inland by late morning, but today will feature a more southerly flow.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wx-gfx-090426-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">This means downpours won&#8217;t begin to pop up on the radar until around or after noon. The highest chances of scattered storms will be this afternoon from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A few of these could be on the strong side and may pack a bit of a punch, with the main impacts being gusty winds, torrential rain, and frequent lightning.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The timing of the storms and the potential of lightning could interfere with Friday night high school football games and cause games to be delayed or canceled.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Remember, when thunder roars, head indoors! Keep the rain gear within reach today.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wx-gfx-090426-3.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-090426-2.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 for this holiday weekend.<\/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> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wx-gfx-09426-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Plan for around a 50-60% 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; More downpours and thunderstorms will arrive today across Central Florida with one subtle change, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390232,"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-390231","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\/390231","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=390231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}