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Orlando weather: Sizzling heat, afternoon storms expected Tuesday across Central Florida
Orlando Weather Forecast: August 13, 2024
FOX 35 Storm Team Meteorologist Brooks Garner shares an update on the Tuesday forecast in Orlando and Central Florida.
ORLANDO, Fla. – We’ve got a warm August day ahead with temperatures running 3-4° above normal, yielding highs in the mid-90s with heat index levels of 108°.
There is a 30%-40% chance for afternoon storms featuring frequent cloud-to-ground lightning.
A rare summer cold front will push into Florida this weekend, ushering in a drier airmass (though not discernably much “cooler” – we have to wait until November for that), but it will steer Ernesto safely east of Florida by over 800 miles.
While we won’t have any direct impact here, we will see our swells building on the Atlantic coast bringing a dangerous threat for rip currents midweek through the weekend.
Ernesto will be picked up by a trough to the north in a pattern more typical of October than mid-August, steering the tropical system well east of Florida as it curves into the open Atlantic.
The storm could become a hurricane in the next few days and has a chance to become a major hurricane before impacting Bermuda this weekend.
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — Body camera footage shows the moment deputies saved a woman after her car plunged into a Pompano Beach canal on Monday.
Officers arrived at the canal and spotted the car, which was rapidly taking on water with the driver trapped inside, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
Video shows officers jumping into the canal and swimming toward the sinking car.
Deputy Zachary Kerin shattered a window, allowing rescuers to pull the woman through the water to safety.
“An elderly woman is alive today thanks to the quick actions of BSO Detective Robert Rutkowski, Deputy Zachary Kerin and off-duty Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Captain Keith Costa, who raced against time,” BSO said.
The vehicle disappeared beneath the water’s surface moments after the woman reached the shore, BSO said.
The CBS News Miami NEXT Weather Team is tracking the return of drier air for the upcoming weekend with only a few stray showers in the mix.
Scattered showers and isolated storms will be possible on Friday, but mostly in the Keys.
Drier air continues to move into South Florida over the weekend with only 10-20% stray shower chances.
As rain chances go down, temperatures go up over the next several days.
Mostly cloudy skies will keep highs in the mid-80s on Friday, but more sunshine arrives for the weekend and will cause highs to climb into the upper 80s.
Beachgoers should be aware of a high rip current risk at the coast for Friday through Sunday due to the easterly breeze.
Tropical moisture slowly starts to return on Sunday, leading to warmer and wetter conditions for the upcoming workweek.
Afternoon highs peak around 90 for Monday as scattered shower and storm chances linger through the first half of the workweek.
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