ORLANDO, Fla. -- Many of you were probably rattled out of bed very early this morning by the gusty wind, rumbles of thunder, and intense rain moving quickly across the area.
- Another cold front sliding into Florida peninsula
- Will collide with sea breeze to raise storm threat
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Parts of Central Florida were under a tornado watch until 11 a.m. Friday. Rounds of showers and occasional thunderstorms have brought much needed rain to the area, but no damage reports.
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An area of low pressure sliding from the southern Plains into the Ohio Valley over the weekend will drag a cold front down the peninsula Sunday. Ahead of it, deep atmospheric moisture will remain in place with very warm and muggy conditions in the forecast.
We'll have a partly sunny sky Saturday helping boost highs up close to 90 areawide. As the west coast sea breeze begins moving inland during the afternoon, it will collide with the east coast sea breeze to potentially kick up scattered showers and thunderstorms.
The locations with the best chances to see that will be from Interstate 4 south and eastward with drier conditions north of that line. A couple of these storms in southern Brevard and southern Osceola counties may contain damaging wind gusts, frequent lightning, and locally heavy rain.
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We'll dry out Sunday with a mix of sun and clouds. Highs will top out near 90 again. Cooler air behind the front will filter south from Sunday night through the first couple days of next week. High pressure drifting over the peninsula will provide us a sunny sky both Monday and Tuesday with highs in the lower 80s and lows in the upper 50s and lower 60s.
We'll heat back up close to 90 Wednesday and Thursday.
Beach and Boating Conditions
Very poor surfing conditions take us into the weekend with an east to east-southeast swell and wave heights of only ankle- to knee-high. Ocean conditions will be conducive to a moderate rip-current threat, so use extra caution if swimming. Sea surface temperatures have warmed into the low 70s along the Flagler and Volusia County coasts to mid-70s along the Brevard County coast.