ORLANDO, Fla. — Another hot day for our Tuesday with highs climbing into the upper 80s to lower 90s, and a record high in Sanford for the fifth time in October.

  • Afternoon temps in upper 80s, low 90s
  • "Feel like" temp near 100
  • Rain chances remain low

Sanford hit 93 degrees this afternoon, breaking a record high that was set 47 years ago. 

A large ridge of high pressure over the western Atlantic continues holding our pattern in place, allowing us to experience sunshine and summer-like heat. Under a clear to partly cloudy sky overnight, mild and muggy lows in the 70s are expected.

We may see light, patchy fog in Marion County toward sunrise. Record highs are in jeopardy for some neighborhoods again Wednesday, but big changes are on the way as we round out the week.

A front well to our northwest will begin to slowly push the ridge to our southeast by Thursday, bringing us a slight shower and storm chance late in the day. Highs still climb into the mid-80s to around 90.

By Friday, moisture increases ahead of a second and stronger front. Rain and rumble coverage climbs to 50-percent and highs dip into the low to mid-80s.

We’ll keep rain coverage at 40 percent with highs about the same Saturday, then watch cooler and drier air drop in for Sunday and Monday. Highs are forecast to be closer to seasonable levels in the low 80s.

Our Wednesday surfcast is calling for poor to fair conditions, a small east to east-southeast swell and wave heights only one to two feet. We have just enough of a small ocean swell to create a moderate rip current risk through Thursday.

Tropical Update

In the tropics, no areas of interest being are monitored.

Hurricane season is winding down and officially ends November 30.

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In the tropics, there is still an area being monitored in the western Caribbean and it will impact Central America. It may not develop into a system in the Caribbean, but the area of disturbed weather could develop once it moves into the eastern Pacific.

 

In the tropics, there is still an area being monitored in the western Caribbean and it will impact Central America. It may not develop into a system in the Caribbean, but the area of disturbed weather could develop once it moves into the eastern Pacific.