South Florida’s rainy season will pick back up in the next few days with afternoon showers and chances for thunderstorms.
The wet week ahead is typical June weather, unlike over the weekend when a cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert dried out the atmosphere and gave South Florida a brief break from its summer storms.
National Weather Service meteorologist Christopher Fisher said such dust formation in the summers is common. If the dust cloud returns, which could happen later this week, Fisher said it would be less concentrated and it wouldn’t affect rainfall.
Flash flooding is always a possibility during the rainy season, especially when multiple storms come through urban areas, Fisher said. Still, there’s expected to be less than a tenth of an inch of rainfall Tuesday, while chances of showers are around 50%.
Chances for afternoon showers continue at 50% on Wednesday, before dropping to 20% and 30% heading into the weekend. Most storms are expected to dissipate during the day.
Meanwhile, high temperatures will also slightly increase this week into the upper 80s and lower 90s. Fisher said he doesn’t expect extreme heat indices but that feels-like temperatures could peak around 100 degrees.
“Anyone, whether they work outside or have outdoor activities, they’ll just want to make sure that they stay plenty hydrated,” he said. “All the normal summertime stuff that we always talk about.”