Cooler nights and drier days ahead in Central Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida will have some cooler and drier days ahead this weekend.

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Our area will have lots of sunshine and only a small chance of scattered showers on Friday.

High temperatures in Central Florida will be in the mid-80s Friday afternoon.

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Low temperatures will be in the 60s for all of Central Florida overnight.

Our area will have mostly sunny skies and refreshing mornings over the weekend.

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Anyone planning to head to the coast this weekend will need to be cautious due to an elevated risk of rip currents and choppy seas.

Channel 9 meteorologists are also monitoring a few systems in the Atlantic.

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Potential Tropical Cyclone 16 is forecast to strengthen as it moves towards the mid-Atlantic U.S.

If the system becomes a named storm, it will be called Ophelia.

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• Brian Shields
  

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