Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Saturday, May 5th, 2024

Florida Division of Emergency Management sent this bulletin at 05/04/2024 09:45 AM EDT

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Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report

EOC Activation Level: Level 2 
Meteorological Summary:
  • Increasing moisture and an upper-level disturbance dipping southward will give way to scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms across the interior Big Bend and Suwannee Valley today and into tonight (35-65% chance of rain).
  • Influences from the disturbance will interact with the afternoon Gulf and sea breezes to produce isolated to scattered showers throughout the rest of the state this afternoon that will linger into the early overnight hours (15-35% chance of rain).
  • A few strong thunderstorms with lightning, gusty winds (40-50 mph), and heavy downpours cannot be ruled out during peak heating hours of the day.
  • Locally heavy downpours may also lead to isolated instances of localized flooding and ponding of water across urban and low-lying/poor drainage areas.
  • Another day of warm temperatures with highs in the middle 80s to low 90s and lows in the middle 60s to middle 70s.
  • High risk for rip currents along Southeast and several Big Bend beaches with an elevated risk along all other East Coast and Panhandle beaches.
  • Wind gusts of 15-25 mph possible at times with the afternoon sea breezes.
  • Locally sensitive wildfire conditions persist along interior portions of Central Florida this afternoon.
  • Patchy to locally dense fog possible across portions of North and Central Florida overnight and early Sunday morning.

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Morning Situation Report