ORLANDO, Fla. — Drier air continues to push into Central Florida, but it wasn’t quite enough to keep scattered showers and storms from developing along the east coast sea breeze Wednesday afternoon.

Temperatures came in well above average; in the mid to low 90s. Sanford tied it's daily high temperature record -- set in 1997 -- today at 95 degrees.

A ridge of high pressure to our east is keeping us in a southeast flow and allowing the east coast sea breeze to begin quickly moving inland on a collision course with the west coast sea breeze.

Storms developing along the sea breezes could be a little on the intense side with activity winding down late this evening.

High pressure stays in control of our weather into the weekend, as drier air aloft sends rain chances to a low 30 percent coverage Thursday, and down to a very low 20 percent coverage Friday through Sunday.

Most of us stay rain free, mostly sunny and hot. Highs remain several degrees above seasonable levels over the next few days.

We’ll top the lower 90s and our feels like will be around 100 into Saturday, then upper 80s to around 90 for highs Sunday through next Wednesday.

Breezy conditions are also on the way for the second half of the weekend into early next week.

Poor to fair surfing conditions are in the forecast again Thursday thanks to an east-northeast to easterly swell mix and wave heights around two to three feet, occasionally higher.

Long period swells will create a moderate rip current risk, so use caution if swimming and do so near an open lifeguard stand.

The ultraviolet index remains very high, which means under 15 minutes to start a sunburn.

Tropical Update

Kirk regenerated into a tropical storm early Wednesday morning in the western tropical Atlantic.

Tropical storm warnings have been issued for parts of the Lesser Antilles as the storm approaches. Little change in strength is expected with Kirk, but rapid weakening is forecast by Friday as this system enters the hostile atmosphere over the Caribbean.

Kirk will be no threat to Florida.

In the north-central Atlantic, the remnant low of Leslie is also expected to gain tropical or subtropical characteristics and earn its name back Thursday. We’ll watch this low spin for days in the open Atlantic and will be no threat to land.

Atlantic hurricane season continues through Nov. 30.

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