Warm start to the week with a few showers
• Temperatures this morning are in the 60s and 70s
• Highs today will rise into the low 80s, with middle 80s expected Tuesday.
• A few showers are expected at times today as onshore flow continues off the Atlantic.
• An isolated shower is possible for Election Day.
• Winds will be out of the east at 10-15 mph
• Late-week rain chances appear to be increasing, perhaps in part due to the tropics.
• No legitimately cool air is in sight.
TROPICS:
• Tropical Storm Patty is headed to Portugal & weakening
• A disturbance in the Caribbean is organizing & forecast to move to the Gulf as a named storm
• This system is expected to become Rafael and then a hurricane on Wednesday
• Conditions in the Gulf will be a bit hostile and should weaken this system
• The current forecast track keeps it west of Florida
• Any impacts locally would be very fringe – an uptick in rain would be the only thing & onshore winds just won’t go away
• There may be another system that develops behind what should be Rafael near the Bahamas
• Early indications keep that one away from Florida too
• Next name after Rafael is Sara
TODAY: Partly cloudy, breezy, a few showers. HIGH: 83 (Record: 87 – 2003)
TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. Coastal shower. LOW: 66
ELECTION DAY: Partly cloudy, very warm & breezy, isolated shower. 66/84 (Record: 87 – 2003)
WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy, increasing showers. 71/82
THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy, scattered showers. 72/81
FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy, scattered showers. 71/80
SATURDAY: Partly sunny, isolated shower. 68/81
SUNDAY: Partly sunny, isolated shower. 67/80