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Flooding threat as heavy rain, gusty winds continue through night

A driver navigates minor flooding on Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach after heavy rains on Nov. 15, 2023.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Our gray skies and soggy conditions continue across South Florida with a flood watch in place until 1 p.m. Thursday and a wind advisory until 4 p.m. Thursday.

Palm Beach International Airport reported wind gusts of 47 mph early Thursday. A cell was moving in from the south with some tropical storm-force gusts and some heavy rainfall in it.

Expect numerous showers and a few thunderstorms overnight and into Thursday morning. Treasure Coast may not see heavy rain until Thursday afternoon/evening.

Flooding will be possible in areas that receive higher rain amounts. Plus coastal flooding with extra high tides possible. High tide Thursday morning at 9:52.

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Areas near coastal Palm Beach County could see 3 to 6 inches of rainfall with isolated amounts of up to 8 inches possible through the entire two day event

There is also a moderate risk of excessive rainfall across portions of South Florida through early Thursday morning.

While Palm Beach County starts to dry out a bit later Thursday. Models are showing another heavy round of rain across the Treasure Coast on Thursday evening.

The flash flood warning in Broward and Miami-Dade counties is until 6 a.m. Thursday. Port Everglades reported wind gust of 55 mph.

Low pressure forming over the Upper Keys will ride up the coast.

Excessive Rainfall 11/15/23

With winds continuing Thursday, it will be dangerous on the water. A high surf advisory and small craft advisory remain up through Thursday as well as a coastal flood advisory on the Treasure Coast for extra high tides.

Friday, we will finally clear out and highs will go back into in the low 80s with only isolated showers as moisture wraps around the deprating low pressure system.

For the weekend, a cool front passes and drier air pushes in. We'll see mostly sunny skies with low humidity and highs in the upper 70s to low 80s.

Early next week, highs in the low 80s with rain chances increasing by Tuesday.

In the tropics, a tropical depression could form late this week while an area of disturbed weather moves from the Caribbean Sea and across eastern Cuba and Hispaniola, but the chance is decreasing to 50% over the next seven days.

The low pressure that moves over South Florida on Wednesday has a chance to organize once it gets into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, but it's a low chance (10%).