Expect a Rainy Sunday in Central Florida Ahead of Tropical Depression 9 Arrival

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A soggy Sunday in store for Central Florida before Tropical Depression 9 moves in

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ORLANDO, Fla. – We’ve seen some pretty sporty thunderstorms in different corners of Central Florida today, all thanks to a cold front attempting to sweep west to east through our viewing area.

Note how the colors and percentages increase the further east you go. Flow around tropical depression 9 and our lingering stationary boundary to our west will help to drive rains up during the afternoon (Copyright WKMG 2025)

Tonight we’re watching storms finally relax, and leftover showers mingle over north and eastern Florida. Lightning could stick around until the early morning hours of your Sunday, but nothing intense is forecasted to start the day tomorrow.

Once we start rolling into the warmest parts of the afternoon, rains will ramp back up quickly as we tap into two moisture sources.

Mid-day will give way to some pretty hefty rain chances, starting for our eastern counties and working west through the early evening hours. (Copyright WKMG 2025)

The leading edge of the same cold front trying to come down, will start to lose a bit of its forward steam. As a result, we’ll see some moisture continue to flow in from the west, and begin to interact with easterly winds coming through the Atlantic coast of the peninsula all thanks to tropical depression 9’s influence.

The worst conditions won’t fully be realized until Monday, just in time for the start of the new work week.

However, tomorrow will definitely be pretty rainy and stormy, starting with our eastern counties and rolling westward into the early evening hours.

Some pockets of heavier rainfall could result in periods of flash flooding. Even tonight we have some very isolated but heavy rain producers still moving slowly across Marion county, where National Weather Service has a flood warning in effect.

The shades of yellow indicate the potential tropical storm wind field, with models suggesting we could start to feel gusts in excess of 40mph by Monday afternoon (Copyright WKMG 2025)

This could occur in multiple different instances tomorrow as tropical rains begin to push in from our east coast meeting up with the stationary boundary.

Because of all this increased moisture, we’ll see lots of clouds tomorrow. This will keep temperatures in the mid-to-upper 80s just as we saw today. However, the increasing humidity will definitely make it feel hotter than what it is.

The ocean will get angry as soon-to-be tropical storm, and even hurricane Imelda, starts to parallel our coastline. Waves as high as 10-12ft are possible for our northeastern coastal counties. (Copyright WKMG 2025)

Then as we start to see the approach of Tropical Depression 9 – soon to be a tropical storm Imelda – our winds will ramp up late Sunday and through the day on Monday. We have tropical storm watches issued up and down the eastern seaboard of Florida, and we’re carefully watching if/when National Weather Service decides to upgrade to tropical storm warnings, which could occur as early as tomorrow.