WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Breezy winds will continue over the next several days in South Florida.
We have a strong area of higher pressure to the north, and that's going to keep the gusty easterly winds going through at least Thursday. Plus, we'll have the occasional rain shower coming in on those easterly winds from time to time on Wednesday.
Rain chances will be increasing over the next several days as extra tropical moisture moves into South Florida.
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In the tropics, we continue to watch a trough of lower pressure just to our east. As that works its way north of the Bahamas, the National Hurricane Center is giving it a 20% chance of developing. That's down from 30% yesterday.
Models are not doing much with this system. It is expected to work its way up toward Jacksonville. Locally, it will increase the amount of tropical moisture in the atmosphere. So that means our rain chances will be increasing.
"We're gonna have a lot of moisture pumping on into South Florida," WPTV First Alert Weather meteorologist Steve Villanueva said. "So as a result, our rain chances will be increasing."
Villanueva said rain chances will be their highest on Wednesday and Thursday, and we're also expecting scattered thunderstorms over the weekend.
Elsewhere, we're watching Potential Tropical Cyclone One, which may strenthen into Tropical Storm Alberto later on Tuesday. That one is heading into Mexico.
And right behind it, another system may develop in that same area. The National Hurricane Center is giving that second one a 20% chance for now.
Neither system poses a threat to South Florida.
