Afternoon, evening storms Monday in South Florida

ALL RIGHT, GLENN, JOINING US NOW. BUSY RADAR RIGHT NOW, BUSY, ESPECIALLY IN OUR WESTERN COMMUNITIES AND ON THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA. BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER ALL THAT IS MIGRATING OVER TO THE EAST. LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE AS WE CHECK OUT OUTSIDE THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. THIS SHOWS YOU WHERE THERE’S MOISTURE AND WHERE THERE’S DRY AIR. AND IN THE WHITES AND GREENS, THAT’S WHERE THERE’S A LOT OF MOISTURE. YOU CAN SEE THAT GATHERING ALONG THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA, AND THEN MOVING OVER TOWARD THE EAST. THE OTHER THING YOU’LL NOTICE WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MAP, THIS FRONT THAT EXTENDS ALL THE WAY ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA, THAT’S GOING TO HELP GATHER MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH. SO WE’LL HAVE MORE MOISTURE. WE’VE GOT WESTERLY WINDS, AND THAT’S WHAT’S DRIVING EVERYTHING OVER TOWARD THE EAST COAST. YOU CAN SEE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS HERE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN SIDE OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. AND A FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY. WESTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. A LOT OF THE LIGHTNING DATA HAS DISAPPEARED JUST IN THE PAST FEW MINUTES HERE, BUT THERE’S STILL SOME HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING SOUTH OF BLUE CYPRESS LAKE OVER TO FELLSMERE AND INDIAN RIVER SHORES. AND WE’VE ALSO GOT THIS THUNDERSTORM HERE, WHICH LOOKS PRETTY STRONG, ACTUALLY. NO SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS OR ANYTHING, BUT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES THERE, AND THAT’S ABOUT TO MOVE INTO WESTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY. PALM BEACH COUNTY, RELATIVELY QUIET LITTLE SHOWER BY TEQUESTA THERE. THAT’S IT. BUT WATCH THE FUTURE TRACK AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS, SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER TO THE EAST. AND THAT CONTINUES INTO AT LEAST THE EARLY EVENING. THEN IT TAPERS OFF. THEN TOMORROW MORNING LOOKS PRETTY GOOD, BUT TOMORROW AFTERNOON AGAIN, ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER, SCATTERED SHOWERS. BY THE TIME WE GET TO LATE AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS DURING THIS WEEK IS GOING TO BE ON THE STRONGER SIDE, OR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE. HERE’S THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH MORE MOISTURE AGAIN AND SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVING OVER TO THE EAST, SO THIS FRONT WILL HANG AROUND FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF THIS WEEK. KIND OF LINGERS OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA. EVENTUALLY IT PARTS WAYS WITH US AND GOES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST HERE. BUT THEN THIS SYSTEM DEVELOPS ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF, AND THAT HELPS BRING MORE MOISTURE IN FOR FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY. AND IT LOOKS LIKE EVEN LABOR DAY WILL HAVE HIGHER CHANCES FOR RAIN AS ALL THIS MOISTURE GATHERS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA. I HAVE TO MENTION THIS BECAUSE IT’S A LITTLE BIT CRAZY. WE DON’T USUALLY SEE THIS IN AUGUST, BUT WE HAVE A COLD FRONT THAT MOVED DOWN THROUGH THE COUNTRY AND BROUGHT IN SOME MUCH COOLER AIR, MUCH COOLER THAN AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. IN FACT, WE’RE IN THE LOW 60S AT OMAHA RIGHT NOW. CHICAGO IS ONLY AT 69 DEGREES 71. IN LOUISVILLE. UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A COOL DOWN, THAT’S NOT GOING TO REACH ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO SOUTH FLORIDA. WE’RE STILL GOING TO SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOW 90S THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK. AND THE HEAT INDICES FEELING LIKE THE LOW 100. HERE’S A QUICK LOOK AT VERNON OUT HERE IN THE ATLANTIC, WORKING ITS WAY TO THE NORTH. STILL NOT VERY WELL ORGANIZED, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO MOVE OVER SOME WARMER WATER LATER TODAY. SO IT’S KIND OF ON THE EDGE BETWEEN FALLING APART AND TRYING TO GET ITSELF BACK TOGETHER FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 24 HOURS BEFORE IT FALLS APART. THE LATEST FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HAS WINDS AT 40. SO IT’S JUST BARELY A TROPICAL STORM. 39MPH MAKES THE TROPICAL STORM. SO ONE MILE PER HOUR ABOVE THAT. MOVING NORTHEAST AT 13MPH, THE TRACK IS REALLY SHORT, NOT BOTHERING ANYONE AT ALL, BUT EXPECTED TO FALL APART SOMETIME TOMORROW. NOT SURE IF IT’LL BE THE MORNING OR THE AFTERNOON. IT MAY HANG IN THERE FOR ONE MORE DAY. THE RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS HIGH ALONG AREA BEACHES, BUT WILL BE MUCH LOWER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AFTER TODAY. SO TODAY, FEELING LIKE THE ONE HUNDREDS THAT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON STORMS PICKING UP. IT’S ABOUT A 40% CHANCE FOR RAIN THAT CONTINUES INTO TOMORROW. RAIN CHANCES START TO PICK UP AS MORE MOISTURE MOVES IN, AND THAT SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF. 50% CHANCE FOR RAIN THURSDAY 60% FOR NOW AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY, SATURDAY,