Eye on the Tropics

Deep tropical moisture to bring higher storm coverage this weekend

By Irene Sans, WFTV.com

Friday evening satellite and radar

By Irene Sans, WFTV.com
On Friday, clouds kept the high temperatures in the upper-80s inland and in the mid-80s along the coast.
A weak tropical disturbance, with no chance of tropical development, continues to develop lots of clouds across most of Central Florida, with showers focusing along the coast.
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This disturbance will continue to slowly travel northward overnight into Saturday.

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Our models showed the tropical moisture surging in from a tropical wave which pass over Puerto Rico on Wednesday and forecast to arrive today and bring us a wetter than normal weekend.

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Deep tropical moisture will continue to move northward, but linger around close enough (across northern Florida) to bring slightly than normal shower and storm activity through the middle of next week.
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Another tropical wave, more than 1,000 miles above continues to travel northwest, and although it does have a medium chance of development, most models show this system remaining offshore over the Atlantic waters.

We will continue to bring you the latest updates on our newscast, on wftv.com and on our WFTV weather app.

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