WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A quiet rest of the day locally on Friday. Just a few inland showers or storms this evening, and an overnight shower is possible.
A pocket of drier air is moving into the region. As a result, not much rainfall around. Plus, high pressure to the north is weakening, and as a result, the winds are also coming on down. That means the seas will start to subside as we head into the next several days. However, a small swell will remain in the water, keeping a rip current threat elevated on the Treasure Coast through the weekend.
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We continue to watch a tropical disturbance pushing toward Jacksonville. It has a 60% chance of developing over the next several hours. It'll move ashore overnight.
It's going to push into the southeast and spread some locally heavy rain in that area.
As we head into the weekend, deeper tropical moisture will return to South Florida.
Saturday looks like a stormy day, at least the first half of the day. We'll start to see some showers and storms along the coast during the morning. And then those storms will start to move farther inland as the afternoon wears on.
By the late afternoon and evening, any storm will be closer to the lake or over toward the Gulf coast.
"The good news is — at least in Palm Beach County — we're out of that drought because we got so much rain last rain," Villanueva said.
We'll still have a few storms around on Sunday, just not as numerous. Otherwise, we're going to see daytime highs around 90°.
In the tropics, we continue to watch that tropical wave near Jacksonville, as well as another one that could develop in the Bay of Campeche this weekend. That one has a 60% chance of developing, but it will not impact South Florida.
