WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — We'll stay mainly dry at the coast tonight with the focus of any storms being across our western areas.
Storms will weaken with the loss of daytime heating and overnight we stay warm and muggy with mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures stay above average tonight with winds from the south. Low 80s at the coast and mid-upper 70s inland and north.
The ridge of high pressure that has been dominating our weather will shift slightly east on Saturday as a front pushes south across the eastern U.S.
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Winds this weekend will stay light out of the southeast keeping showers and storms that develop along the east coast seabreeze heading inland.
We stay hot with temps near 90 degrees with the heat index topping the triple digits.
If you are looking to do some boating Saturday, seas will generally be 2-4 feet with a lingering northerly swell. A high risk of rip currents will be present so make sure to swim at a beach with lifeguards.
Looking ahead, a typical summertime pattern will resume next week with mainly late morning and early afternoon showers and storms closer to the coast and late-day inland storms.
There are currently four tropical waves we are watching in the Atlantic. However, as of 2 p.m. Friday, two of the waves have been dropped to a zero chance of development.
The only area that looks to have a chance to develop is the wave located over Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula. The wave is forecast to move into the Bay of Campeche on Saturday, where it could then begin to interact with a frontal boundary.
A tropical depression could form during the early or middle part of next week in the southwest Gulf of Mexico. None of these waves are expected to have any impact on our local weather.
