The nasty tempest that dumped up to 12 inches of rain on some of South Florida, and sent 73-mph wind gusts across Port Everglades, has left town, off to meander into the Atlantic.
Thankfully, the coming week of weather, heading into the Thanksgiving holiday, looks like a significant improvement.
“The low pressure has finally started to push away from our region after a wild night,” National Weather Service meteorologist Sammy Hadi said during a weather update Thursday, “and dry air is moving in.”
Hadi said the NWS has forecast “quiet and relatively calm weather” for the remainder of the week and into the weekend.
The storm has left pleasant temperatures in its wake. Once the gusty drizzle of Thursday clears, there should be lows in the high 60s at night, and highs in the low 80s during the day through Sunday, with mostly sunny skies.
Stubborn winds, which persisted on Thursday, should weaken into the weekend, but there could still be dangerous rip currents occurring.
As next week progresses, Hadi said there was the possibility of a cooling trend toward Thanksgiving.
NWS Meteorologist Ana Torres-Vazquez added that some of the models are suggesting a cold front could drop into the area mid-week, with drier, cooler air behind it. “It wouldn’t be a significant drop, but it is a signal we’re starting to see,” she said.
There is currently a potential tropical depression brewing off the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua and moving to the northeast. Hadi said it will steer to the north-northeast over Cuba, Haiti and the southern Bahamas, but is not a threat to South Florida.
The NWS six- to 10-day forecast calls for near-normal temperatures and slightly above average chances of rain in the same time period.