It sure has been a wet and soggy stretch over the past 48 hours since Tuesday as a stalled front has remained draped across South Florida, driving in plenty of moisture and leading to rounds of rain and isolated thunderstorms.
The heaviest and most widespread rain occurred Wednesday afternoon into the overnight hours, leading to flooding and ponding on some roadways and dropping several inches of rainfall.
Since Tuesday morning, many locations received 5 to almost 10 inches of rainfall across South Florida and the Florida Keys.
Miami International Airport received about 7.5 inches of rain on Wednesday, which crushed the old record. Marathon also had record rainfall on Wednesday.
As the rain comes to an end this Thursday morning, winds will ramp up. It’s mainly due to a developing, non-tropical low tracking from the Florida Straits to the northwestern Bahamas today. The National Hurricane Center gives this low just a 10% chance of becoming a tropical or sub-tropical storm.
This low is becoming stronger and more organized, and is funneling stronger winds along the east coast of Florida.
A Wind Advisory is in effect for metro and coastal Miami-Dade and Broward for gusts up to 45 mph until 7PM.
During times of high tide, coastal flooding will be possible due to this strong, onshore flow and the ongoing King Tides.
Winds will gradually improve as the day progresses, with a lighter breeze back in place by Friday.
As far as the forecast is concerned going forward, besides some areas of light rain lingering this Thursday morning, conditions will turn drier with partly sunny skies.
That will set the stage for a beautiful stretch of weather ahead with sunshine, mostly dry conditions and high temperatures hovering in the low to mid 80s through early next week!
