ORLANDO, Fla. — Throughout the overnight hours, we can expect temperatures in the mid-70s and mostly cloudy skies.

Friday will start out with temperatures in the mid-70s until quickly warming back up to possible record high heat. High pressure has a hold on our weather pattern heading into Friday and our upcoming weekend.

Drier air aloft wrapping around it pushes rain chances to a low 30 percent for Friday, then down to a very low 20 percent coverage Saturday and Sunday.

Most of us stay rain free, mostly sunny and hot. We may even flirt with record highs again as temps soar several degrees above seasonable levels into the lower 90s, although our “Feels Like” will be either side of 100.

This high strengthens and brings our wind around from the east Monday and Tuesday, and may be enough to provide a few more isolated onshore moving showers with coverage at 30 percent.

Highs slip below 90 next week and stay a little closer to seasonable levels. Breezy to windy conditions are also on the way from Sunday into early next week.

A building east-northeast swell and waves around three to four feet, occasionally higher, will not be enough to create better than poor to fair conditions in the surf for Friday.

Long period swells aren’t going anywhere the next several days, so we can expect a moderate rip current risk along our east coast.

Don’t forget the sunscreen! The UV index stays very high with under 15 minutes to get a burn.

If you plan to go boating Friday, expect mostly sunny skies with just a slight chance for showers and storms. There will be a breeze out of the south at 5-10 knots, and a light chop on the intracoastal.

Tropical Update

Tropical storm Kirk has prompted warnings for parts of the Lesser Antilles as the storm approaches.

Little change in strength is expected, but rapid weakening is forecast 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 reorganizing and will become tropical or subtropical and earn its name back. We’ll watch this low strengthen and spin for days in the open Atlantic, although no threat to land.

Atlantic hurricane season continues through Nov. 30.

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