TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay area is heading into a weekend of high temperatures, real-feel heat indexes peaking in the triple digits, and brief windows of afternoon storms, according to the latest regional weather data.
This afternoon, scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop, primarily hitting between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Even with a 30 percent chance of rain, the area will stay mostly sunny with a high temperature near 91 degrees.
Humidity will make it feel much hotter, driving heat index values up to 99 degrees. Light west-northwest winds will move at 3 to 7 mph. Moving into tonight, isolated showers and storms should taper off before 8 p.m., leaving partly cloudy skies and a low temperature around 75 degrees as winds go calm…