Central Florida, heat advisory in effect
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The weather forecast for Florida on Sunday is shaping up much the same as it did Saturday. Protect yourself from the blazing heat.
The National Hurricane Center said July 14 it is tracking a system off the Atlantic coast of Florida that could bring heavy rain to the area.
The threat of significant flooding across South Florida has passed for now, as rainfall totals on Monday came in within forecasted expectations.
The system’s slow passage over Florida has meant days of rain throughout the state, leading to street flooding in South Florida. However, the Miami office of the National Weather Service expects the rain to slow down, alleviating any concerns about deep flooding.
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FOX 35 Orlando on MSNRainfall totals: How much rain did Invest 93L bring to Orlando, Central Florida?
Invest 93L dropped several inches of rain – nearly 9" in some spots – as it crossed Florida this week, before eventually pushing out into the Gulf.
A temperature increase of just a couple degrees can lead to higher energy bills, stunted plant growth, and more rainfall.
Unlike Monday, which was a deluge for South Florida, today’s tropical-system-related rain is expected to be more concentrated in the center of the state. The Miami office of the National Weather Service predicts South Florida could see around 1 inch of rain on Tuesday and Wednesday, not enough for any severe flooding.
A weather system moving across Florida wasn’t even a tropical something but it has the potential to develop into a tropical depression as it moves across the Gulf later in the week.
A tropical trough moving across the Florida Peninsula will pull moisture across the state, leading to significant rainfall in southeast Florida.
Florida’s Attorney General James Uthmeier jumped in to amplify the misinformation — citing a newly passed Florida law banning loosely defined “weather modification” practices that climatologists say have nothing to do with increasingly severe weather events.