The ongoing Bay area summer weather pattern will be in effect Thursday with hot, humid conditions and afternoon showers and thunderstorms.

Storms are already moving through parts of the Bay area.

According to Bay News 9 Meteorologist Juli Marquez, conditions will be partly sunny today with showers and thunderstorms anticipated. The thunderstorms could continue to be heavy at times - as they have been throughout parts of this week.

"The sea breeze will develop again today," Marquez said. "The rain chances will increase through the afternoon."

The wet conditions will extend to the evening hours with some p.m. storms anticipated.

Rain chances are 60 percent today and 50 percent Friday.

The high rain amounts are above the average in multiple Bay area communities.

"There has been some drying over the lower half of the state," Marquez said. "But there has been plenty of moisture in the Bay area that has led to all the rain and thunderstorms."

Among the areas seeing above average rainfall amounts in July: Tampa International Airport (3.12 inches above average), St. Pete-Clearwater Airport (1.52 above), Lakeland (4.44 above), Sarasota-Bradenton Airport (2.43).

Bay area rainfall totals in July

Citrus

Ozello 13.58
Inverness 14.48
Hernando 10.88
Chassahowitzka 10.06
Floral City 9.11
Holder 8.18

Hernando

Spring Hill 14.14
Brooksville 10.48
Trilby 9.10

Pasco

Loyce 11.71
Land O' Lakes 10.56
Dade City 8.78
St. Leo 8.31

Hillsborough

Odessa 13.50
Sulfur Springs 13.47
Mango 10.79
Temple Terrace 10.40
Tampa Int'l 10.19 (+3.12 above normal)
Ruskin 10.07
Lutz 8.99
Plant City 8.68
Westchase 8.30
Balm 6.75

Pinellas

Pinellas Park 10.71
Lake Tarpon 10.13
Safety Harbor 10.12
St. Petersburg Airport 8.86 (+1.52 above normal)

Polk

Lakeland 11.93 (+4.44 above normal)
Mountain Lake 11.58
Mulberry 11.02
Lake Wales 10.64
Winter Haven 8.21
Polk City 7.81

Manatee

Myakka City 15.81
Ellenton 12.89
Bradenton 11.48
Oneco 11.08
Palma Sola 10.47
Sarasota/Bradenton Airport 10.41 (+2.43 above normal)