Drenching Downpours Stay In The Forecast

This weekend is shaping up to be another wet one across South Florida A stalled frontal boundary to the north combined with a surge in deep tropical moisture will send rain chances soaring across the area this weekend The highest chances will be in the afternoon where heavy downpours could lead to chosen flooding issues Saturday and Sunday look like a carbon copy from a forecast standpoint The pesky stalled frontal boundary to our north will linger for at least the rest of this weekend This will focus a surge of tropical moisture over the area leading to higher storm chances each day Both Saturday and Sunday will start off with steamy sun and a inadequate spotty storms especially just offshore and into the Keys Steamy sun will send temps soaring to around degrees with the heat index near the triple digits By the afternoon storms will explode along the sea-breeze dumping drenching downpours over the area Heavy rain gusty winds and lightning are the main threats Showers will linger into the early evening but will fizzle with that loss of daytime heating and lots of clouds Looking ahead to next week its the status quo around South Florida Each day will feature a chance of scattered showers and storms We don t see much of a variation in chances so we think coverage is a good bet through the end of next week Otherwise expect highs in the s and lows in the s TROPICAL UPDATE The tropical wave in the central tropical Atlantic remains disorganized this morning Dry air and wind shear have taken its toll and models have backed off on this progressing The National Hurricane Center has dropped chances and only calls for a medium chance of this becoming a depression If this does develop next name on the list is Gabrielle Otherwise the tropics are quiet and we don t see any prospective issues for South Florida for the next seven days