TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay area is kicking off the week under intense heat before transitioning into a stormy weekend pattern, according to the latest National Weather Service forecasts.
Conditions today will remain mostly sunny and hot, with temperatures peaking near 95 degrees and heat index values driving the real-feel temperature up to 98 degrees. Winds will start calm before shifting northeast at 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Tonight will bring mostly cloudy skies and a low around 74 degrees, with east-northeast winds dropping down to light and variable after midnight.
Tuesday looks to repeat the early week pattern with partly sunny skies and a high near 93 degrees, keeping heat index values hovering around 97 degrees. The evening will stay mostly cloudy with a low of 74 degrees and an east wind moving between 5 and 8 mph…