Scattered showers and storms possible this afternoon and evening mainly over the interior and Southwest coast. It will be fairly dry around the metro and coastal communities of Miami-Dade and Broward.

Most models are showing a dominant area of high pressure across the Southeast United States stretching into the Atlantic Ocean. This will keep an ocean breeze in place with the sea breeze developing some spotty storms favoring areas well West. Also, it is bring Saharan Dust limiting rain chances. Temperatures will also be very hot in the afternoon. They will range in the low to mid 90’s, along with triple digit heat indices (feels like temperatures).

Weekend weather will be turning gradually wetter.

We are keeping a close eye on an area of low pressure located less than 500 miles East of the Windward Islands. It is gradually getting better organized. Right now, there is no well-defined center of circulation, but conditions will be more favorable for growth. A tropical depression or tropical storm is likely to form during the next few days. It will begin affecting portions of the Leeward Islands on Wednesday and The National Hurricane Center could be issuing tropical storm watches or warnings later today. Regardless of development, heavy rains and gusty winds that will spread Westward to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Wednesday night into Thursday.

Still to early to know where it may end up because it has not developed. This means the models don’t have a good starting point to plot. We will continue to monitor.

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Vivian Gonzalez

Meteorologist, AMS Certified

WSVN Channel 7

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