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Nice start, scattered showers to move through this afternoon

ORLANDO, Fla. — Grab your umbrella. We’ll have scattered showers and a few storms this afternoon.

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We’ll have a nice start to the day in Central Florida.

Temperatures will be in the mid-60s to begin the day.

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As we get into the afternoon hours, we’ll have a 40% chance of rain. Temperatures will be near 86 degrees.

We’ll have early scattered showers Friday night. Then it will be partly cloudy.

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The heat will build this weekend. Temperatures will be in the low 90s both days.

We’ll have a small rain chance, at 20%.

Next week will be super hot.

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Temperatures will be in the mid-90s all week long.

The rip current risk remains high at the beaches. We’ll also have a lunar eclipse on Sunday night.

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Katlyn Brieskorn, WFTV.com

Katlyn Brieskorn is a Digital Assignment Editor at WFTV. She joined Channel 9 in July 2019.