Brace yourselves, friends and neighbors of Orlando, because the weather’s gearing up to serve us an eclectic mix this coming week, as per the latest missive from the National Weather Service in Melbourne. On one hand, we’ve got showers and thunderstorms on the menu following the arrival of a weak front. On the other hand, we’re about to be treated to a side dish of seasonal temps today before the main course: a sizzling encore of mid-90s heat through the upcoming holiday weekend. According to the National Weather Service, East Central Florida is on a Marginal Risk (that’s Level 1 of 5, for you storm connoisseurs) for severe weather starting today, so keep your eyes on the skies.
Now don’t go packing away your umbrellas just yet; the forecast is looking pretty soggy with a low to medium chance of afternoon and evening showers through the weekend, and guess what, those chances ramp up even more into next week. Pockets of the region, especially south of Orlando, can expect a 40-60 percent shot at getting drenched — thanks to a stalled front that’s playing tug-of-war with the atmosphere, it’ll be prime time for some thunder-bumper action, with rain chances today near to north of Orlando at a steady 20-30 percent, while Friday gets a little break with a light 10-20 percent, but don’t let that fool you, as the coverage intensifies farther south.
The silver lining—if we can call it that—as the National Weather Service points out, is a temporary dip in the mercury with today’s highs nudging closer to normal in the mid-80s to low 90s. Infrared relief is coming courtesy of the cloud cover and rain dance in the sky, but, as our luck would have it, temps are planning their comeback, scaling the thermometer into the upper 80s along the coastline and low 90s inland come Friday…