{"id":414595,"date":"2026-09-30T11:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414595\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:30:11","slug":"orlando-weather-rain-humidity-returning-to-central-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414595\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando weather: Rain, humidity returning to Central Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0evm4rzdwuligv77.jpg\" alt=\"Orlando AM Weather Forecast: Storm chances increasing\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0evm4rzdwuligv77.jpg\" alt=\"Orlando AM Weather Forecast: Storm chances increasing\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-a3924c54=\"\"\/>     <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; A few showers may move onshore near the coast this morning, but rain coverage increases this afternoon as the sea breeze develops.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Expect a 40% chance for rain and highs in the upper-80s.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Storms that develop could produce frequent lightning, locally heavy downpours and gusty winds up to around 45 mph.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wx-gfx-093026-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  Heat, humidity &amp; storms increase Thursday and Friday <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The atmosphere becomes even wetter and more tropical heading into the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Frequent lightning, heavy downpours and gusty winds will be the main concerns. A few stronger storms are possible, although widespread severe weather is not expected.<\/p>\n<p> Thursday: Scattered storms during the afternoon. Chance of rain 60%. High upper-80s.Friday: Numerous afternoon storms. Chance of rain 70%. High upper-80s. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wx-gfx-093026-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  Steamy weekend ahead <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">An upper-level ridge builds over Florida this weekend, keeping temperatures slightly above normal and lingering humidity will allow for likely storm chances at least for Saturday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Highs stay in the upper 80s to low 90s with warm, muggy mornings in the low to mid 70s.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Deep moisture shifts somewhat north and west this weekend, so rain chances may ease a bit Saturday and Sunday, but scattered showers and storms remain possible each day.<\/p>\n<p> Another cold front <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Another cold front approaches northern Florida early next week, which looks to bring rain chances back up again Monday and Tuesday into the &#8220;very likely&#8221; category.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Too soon to determine if it will &#8220;pass through&#8221; and cool us down. That is unlikely.<\/p>\n<p> Beach conditions <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The big waves from this weekend are long history. A moderate risk of rip currents continues at all east-central Florida Atlantic beaches today.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Winds remain generally light from the east to southeast, but beachgoers should continue to swim near a lifeguard and avoid entering the ocean alone.<\/p>\n<p> Tracking the tropics <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wx-gfx-093026-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The former Tropical Depression Fay has weakened into a remnant low over the central Atlantic. It is producing some showers but remains far from land and is no threat to Florida.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Hanna is expected to dissipate too, and it is no threat.<\/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><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; A few showers may move onshore near the coast this morning, but rain coverage increases&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414596,"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-414595","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\/414595","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=414595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}