FORT MYERS, Fla. — After another foggy start, rain chances return to the Gulf Coast later today. This is associated with a cold front moving through the state. Timing is everything with this front, and if it slows down, today trends drier and Monday trends soggier.
Our current forecast calls for most of the rain to fall early on Monday morning, with clearing expected later in the day. However, some guidance keeps heavy rain around through the midday hours Monday.
Today trends warm and muggy at times ahead of the front passing through. Rain is possible later today, but coverage only peaks at 20% in the late afternoon. The bulk of the rain falls overnight. A line of showers and thunderstorms will move through overnight tonight, and we could see some gusty winds within the storms as a result. The severe threat is low and isolated, it’s a one out of five on the severe scale…