{"id":417779,"date":"2026-10-03T14:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T14:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/417779\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T14:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T14:50:08","slug":"orlando-weather-scattered-storms-this-weekend-widespread-rain-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/417779\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando weather: Scattered storms this weekend, widespread rain next week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; A very muggy weekend is underway across Central Florida, helping to keep skies partly to mostly cloudy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A 40% chance of afternoon and evening scattered showers is on the way today and tomorrow, with the main timeline being from 2:00 p.m. &#8211; 10:00 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The best chances of rain look to set up to the west and Southwest of Orlando. It won&#8217;t be a washout, but it&#8217;s still a good idea to keep an umbrella or rain jacket within reach. Temperatures today will climb into the upper 80s inland and mid 80s at the coast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Tomorrow will be slightly hotter, as highs inland reach the low 90s and will approach the upper 80s along the coast.<\/p>\n<p>STALLED FRONT BRINGS MORE RAIN NEXT WEEK<br \/>A more active pattern takes shape for early parts of next week, which means higher-than-normal chances of showers and storms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">An approaching cold front will stall out over Central Florida, helping to drive up shower and storm chances across the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Plan for at least a 70% chance for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. With rounds of heavy rain expected, minor flooding is possible for low-lying or poor drainage areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A widespread 2\u20134 inches of rain is possible over the next 7 days, with isolated totals of 5 inches or more.<\/p>\n<p>TRACKING THE TROPICS<br \/>There is no tropical activity expected over the next seven days.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/slot1-54.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story was written based on information provided by FOX 35 meteorologist Jessica Dobson on October 3, 2026.<\/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\/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 very muggy weekend is underway across Central Florida, helping to keep skies partly to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47,1335,139,141,140,628,221,404],"class_list":["post-417779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fl","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\/417779","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=417779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}