The National Hurricane Center is tracking a system expected to bring extended lightning storms to parts of Florida as it drifts up the U.S. East Coast. But meteorologists said it won’t influence South Florida’s weather.
As of 8 a.m. Thursday, the broad trough of low pressure was a few hundred miles off the coast of the southeastern U.S., producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Conditions are only slightly favorable for any development before it moves inland by the weekend.
It has a 10% chance to develop in the next two to seven days, according to the hurricane center.
Luke Culver, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Miami, said this system is set to move north toward Georgia and South Carolina, so it’s not likely to influence South Florida.
A wetter weekend is still in store for the region though, Culver said, a result of “moist and unstable” air.
Starting on Thursday, rain chances for each day will hover around 60% to 70% with storms most likely to strike in the afternoon and evening with a possibility for early morning showers.
This pattern “is closer to what is typical for our area in the summer months,” Culver said.
The slightly heightened chances for rain combined with overcast and windy conditions over the next few days also mean temperatures won’t be nearly as high as earlier in the week when South Florida was rife with heat advisories.
Highs will be in the upper-80s and lower-90s with lows in the lower-80s and upper-70s, Culver said, with the heat index between 103 and 107.
Beryl produced a large swath of heavy rain from eastern TX thru the Mid-MS Valley to the Great Lakes, and heavy rainfall and potential flash flooding will move into the southern Great Lakes, central/northern NY, and northern New England today/tonight. Here’s the 72hr rainfall: pic.twitter.com/z9kOFQeBMC
— NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) July 10, 2024
Meanwhile, Post-Tropical Cyclone Beryl, still with 35 mph sustained winds, had moved north into Michigan on its way into Canada still dumping rain across the region and bringing a risk of tornadoes.
Flood watches were in place for parts of northeastern New York and northern New England.