ORLANDO, Fla. – The strong flow of air around major Hurricane Melissa is helping pump up our moisture levels across the state, combining with the leading edge of a fresh storm system swinging through the southeast headed our way by tomorrow afternoon.
Melissa is a powerful hurricane, and its influence is actually driving the weather here locally despite being hundreds of miles south in the Central Caribbean Sea.
Tropical moisture is being pumped in alongside a frontal boundary that was once draped over southernmost Florida, closest to the Keys. It’s now hung up over the Central portion of our state, which is acting as a “ramp” to generate even more rain…