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Wednesday’s forecast: Hot and humid, storms to move in this afternoon

ORLANDO, Fla. — Wednesday will be hot and humid in Central Florida.

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We will have a 40% chance of scattered afternoon storms.

The afternoon rain probability will bump up to 60% on Thursday and Friday.

This weekend, temperatures will be in the low 90s with spotty afternoon storms.

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Meteorologists are monitoring one slowly developing disturbance near Texas in the Gulf of Mexico.

Regardless of development, it will move into Texas on Thursday, bringing heavy rain to southeastern parts of the state.

Potential Cyclone 2 continues to spin in the Caribbean.

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It will bring tropical storm conditions to Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao.

The system should strengthen into a named system over the next day or two.

It will end up in Nicaragua on Friday.

Everything is staying far away from Florida.

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Katlyn Brieskorn, WFTV.com

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