Rain and storm chances go up Wednesday in Central Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. — Rain and storm chances are going up in Central Florida.

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Our area will have a 30% chance of seeing afternoon and evening storms Wednesday.

The high temperature in Orlando should reach around 92 degrees in the afternoon.

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Rain and storm chances will be even high on Thursday and Friday.

We will have a 50% chance of scattered storms on Thursday.

The storm activity is being fueled by a weak front near Florida.

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All the rain will help cool us down a little going into the weekend.

Our weekend forecast is looking nice with partly cloudy skies and high temperatures in the upper 80s.

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