Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Wednesday, April 1st, 2026

• Areas of patchy dense fog have developed throughout portions of the Panhandle and Northeast Florida this morning but will shortly dissipate by mid-morning. 
• Otherwise, another rinse and repeat of yesterday is expected today as high pressure over the western Atlantic hardly budges and dominates the local pattern.
• Moist south and east flow will continue to promote additional spotty chances for showers and thunderstorms across much of the state.
• Drier air aloft in the atmosphere will limit greater coverage throughout the Peninsula today, with isolated activity remaining confined to East-Central and Southeast Florida (15-25% chance of rain).
• The greatest chance of rain will be over the northern Panhandle along the Gulf sea breeze this afternoon (30-50% chance of rain).
• Although there is no organized risk for severe weather, some of this activity could be accompanied by lightning, small hail, and a few locally heavy downpours capable of producing a quick 1-3” of rain.
• The easterly flow today will be accompanied by breezy wind gusts upwards of 20 mph throughout the Peninsula with locally higher gusts upwards of 25 mph across Northeast and Southeast Florida.
• Relative humidities will remain above critical thresholds today, though ongoing drought will keep locally sensitive to elevated wildfire conditions in place.
• High temperatures will reach the middle 70s to middle 80s throughout the state this afternoon.
• Lows will reach the upper 50s to middle 60s throughout North Florida and middle 60s to lower 70s in Central and South Florida.
• With plentiful moisture sticking around overnight, areas of fog and low clouds are possible, especially throughout North and West-Central Florida.
• The greatest chances for locally dense fog will be across the western Panhandle and Northeast Florida by daybreak Thursday.
• Onshore winds and elevated surf will keep a moderate to high risk for rip currents in place for all Panhandle and East Coast beaches today.

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Morning Situation Report