Rain returns to Central Florida - WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando

ORLANDO, Fla. – After a one-day respite, rain returns to Central Florida, thanks to tropical moisture from the south.

Rain chances stand at 60% Thursday as on-and-off as moisture streams into the Orlando area.

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Expect a high of 90 in Orlando. The average high on this date is 91. The record high is 98, set in 1903.

We will see a 60% coverage of rain for the next couple of days, increasing to 70% for the weekend.

Orlando’s rain deficit in 2021 is 5.53 inches.

Pinpointing the tropics

The National Hurricane Center on Thursday continues to monitor a few systems in the tropics.

Shower and thunderstorm activity continues to become better organized in association with a trough of low pressure that is less than 200 miles south of Jamaica.

Environmental conditions remain conducive for development, and a tropical depression or storm is expected to form by Friday.

This system is forecast to move northwest over the northwestern Caribbean Sea near the Cayman Islands on Thursday, near Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico on Friday and into the Gulf of Mexico this weekend.

Given the recent developmental trends, Tropical Storm Warnings for the Cayman Islands and Tropical Storm Watches for western Cuba could be required later Thursday.

Regardless of development, locally heavy rainfall and flooding will be possible over portions of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands and will likely spread...



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