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Flood watch issued for Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Brevard counties for Memorial Day

ORLANDO, Fla. — Saturday was warm and muggy, but thankfully Sunday is forecast to be less hot.

Cloudy conditions are expected, with highs in the mid to upper 80s, meteorologist Kassandra Crimi said.

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She said scattered showers and a few afternoon thunderstorms are possible for the southern and western portions of Central Florida.

The chances for rain increase Memorial Day.

A weak disturbance with a lot of tropical moisture will bring heavy rain in some spots, meteorologist George Waldenberger said.

There is a flood watch for Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Brevard counties for Memorial Day.

The morning will bring scattered showers and into the afternoon the rain is forecast to become more widespread, Walderberger said.

With the clouds and rain, temperatures most of the day will be in the upper 70s/low 80s. After a wet Tuesday, we’ll return to a scattered afternoon storm pattern starting Wednesday.

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“(It’s) looking to be quite a bit wetter than what I forecast yesterday,” Crimi said. “I’ve bumped (up) the rain chance to 70%.”

Widespread, scattered showers and a few thunderstorms are likely, she said.

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Crimi said much of Central Florida could receive 1 to 2 inches of rain Monday and Tuesday.

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Jason Kelly

Jason Kelly, WFTV.com

Jason Kelly joined WFTV Channel 9 in 2014. He serves as the station's Digital Executive Producer.