Central Floridians Can Expect a Mix of Sun and Clouds as the Work Week Begins, with Rain Likely Increasing Later

ORLANDO, Fla. – I hope your Sunday has treated you fantastically! Outside right now we’ve got lots of sunshine, some clouds to provide us with some shade, and the humidity is still rocking in traditional Florida fashion.

Dry air has kept rainfall pretty scarce for many of us, with only remnants of weak to light rain moving in for our east coast counties. As the warmest parts of the day continue on into the early evening, we may see a few stragglers try to get going for our interior counties, especially for Seminole, Orange, Osceola, and Polk.

Winds moving in from the Northeast headed southwest will bully what moisture is available in our atmosphere towards the Gulf coast in pretty rapid fashion.

These winds will also keep surf conditions along our Atlantic coast kind of sporty. Rip currents are still an issue thanks to the gradient around high pressure to our north driving in gusty winds right up against the shoreline.

As we move into your Monday, the wheels of change will start to turn as expected. We’ll begin with vacating our area of higher pressure, and replacing it with tropical moisture from the south.

Rain chances look to creep up subtly for tomorrow, but nothing to really derail getting you out the door and back in after the day is all said and done. It looks like Tuesday afternoon and then on in, things could get rainier outside to where we see some impacts especially during your afternoon commute.

You won’t need the rain gear tonight or tomorrow. You’ll still want to dress appropriately for all the mugginess in the air though, as one thing is for certain – humidity values refuse to fall at all despite FALL officially commencing per the calendar tomorrow.

Yes, tomorrow is indeed the first day of Fall for all of us across the country. For Central Florida however, we’ll need to wait our turn before we partake.

Even with an approaching cold front late in the week and next weekend, temperatures are expected to mingle around the upper 80s, with a few spots seeing 90 degrees during the mid afternoon.

Dry air will make a return though, and once the front has moved on rain chances will diminish once again. We’re starting to reach the point in the year where this becomes our primary source for any daytime or even overnight rains.

As we move away from summer, the afternoon sea breeze will become a thing of the past and we’ll have to rely on cold fronts or even tropical features to produce rainfall keeping our lawns and gardens fresh without tapping into our sprinklers.

I also want to note NOAA is forecasting a dip into La Nina conditions for the Pacific. If we do realize this prediction, that could make for a drier and slightly more mild winter for us Floridians as we approach the holiday season. But we’ll cross that bridge when we get there.

For now, enjoy your Sunday and kick off Monday on a high note as we continue this lack of rainfall. Then into Tuesday, humidity will crank up even more so with the return of maritime tropical air and showers increasing in the forecast.