Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Sunday, March 8th, 2026

• Widespread fog has developed this morning across the state, with areas of dense fog across the Big Bend and the northeastern Peninsula, and will gradually lift and mix out.
• A cold front is gradually making its way eastward today, allowing for scattered to numerous showers and embedded thunderstorms to develop this morning across the Panhandle.
• These showers and thunderstorms will continue to move eastward across the Panhandle and into the Big Bend throughout the day before lifting northward away from the state and dissipating (30-65% chance of rain).
• Any thunderstorm may become locally strong to severe and produce frequent lightning, erratic winds, small hail and heavy downpours.

• The Weather Prediction Center (WPC) is outlooking a Marginal Risk (level 1 of 4) for Flash Flooding across the Panhandle where there is the greatest chance for locally heavy downpours and repeated thunderstorm activity that could bring localized flash flooding.

• Rainfall totals of 1-2” are likely for the Panhandle, with locally higher totals upwards of 3-4” with any heavy downpours or repeated activity.

• Sea breeze showers thunderstorms across the Peninsula will be possible as well, where they can produce a quick 1-2”.
• Across the Peninsula, dry conditions can be expected to start off the day. Moving into the afternoon and evening hours the sea breeze gets going, and enough low-level moisture will help to create scattered showers and thunderstorms across the interior regions (30-55% chance of rain). 

• Cloud cover and elevated rain chances will keep high temperatures in the 70s across the Panhandle.
• High temperatures will continue to surge into the middle to upper 80s for the rest of the state with the interior peninsula possibly reaching 90-degrees.

• Shower and thunderstorm activity this evening and overnight will largely dissipate after midnight, with a few showers lingering near the eastern coastline and the I-95 corridor (10-15% chance of rain).

• Widespread fog development can be expected statewide overnight and into Monday morning given increased low-level moisture and calm winds. Instances of dense fog will be possible throughout the Big Bend and Nature Coast early Monday morning.
• Low temperatures will remain in the 60s and lower 70s throughout the state overnight.
• Breezy onshore winds will persist along the Florida East Coast and the Panhandle keeping a high risk for rip currents in place for numerous beaches.

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Morning Situation Report