Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Thursday, April 2, 2026

Florida Division of Emergency Management sent this bulletin at 04/02/2026 10:01 AM EDT

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Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report

EOC Activation Level: Level 2
Meteorological Summary:
    • Any areas of patchy fog throughout North Florida this morning will quickly lift and dissipate shortly after sunrise.
    • A new wave of moisture will filter across the Peninsula today, around the area of high pressure over the western Atlantic, where the greatest chances of rain are expected (40-60% 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. 
    • Drier air aloft in the atmosphere will bring mostly dry conditions to North Florida today, though an isolated shower or storm cannot be ruled out across the northern Panhandle (15-25% chance 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 25-30 mph along the I-95 corridor and Southeast Florida.
    • Relative humidities will dip to near critical thresholds across Northeast Florida this afternoon (30-40% RH values), which will encourage locally sensitive to elevated wildfire conditions given the ongoing drought.
    • High temperatures will reach the middle 70s to middle 80s throughout much of the state this afternoon. Portions of the I-75 corridor will approach the upper 80s or even 90-degrees.
    • 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 Friday.
    • A moderate to high risk for rip currents persists for all Panhandle and East Coast beaches as breezy onshore winds keep surf elevated.

 

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