ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Expect partly cloudy skies through morning with lows in the low to mid 70s.
- Earlier start to storms as wind changes
- Highs in the 80s to near 90
- Drier air for Monday, Tuesday
Sunday will be the first day in a long time that our wind pattern changes. There will be a slight breeze from the southwest. That means our sea breeze will come in quicker, leading to an earlier start to storms in coastal areas, but they will then move more quickly inland and ultimately end up inland and drifting eastward later in the day.
Slightly drier air overhead should lower the coverage compared to today. Highs will be in the upper 80s to near 90.
The general trend for next week is to have the sea breeze start earlier and move inland faster each day. So storms will start in the coastal regions, but will tend to drift inland and eastward each day, which is the opposite of the pattern we have seen the past couple weeks.
In that pattern our highs tend to be near 90 each day with storms winding down a little quicker each afternoon.
Drier air moves in overhead for Monday and Tuesday, lowering the coverage of storms. Rain chances will likely be higher at the end of the week.
However, our wind pattern could change again depending on the path of Florence. Florence might also affect our storm coverage later in the week. Although it looks unlikely Florence will come near our region, its wind pattern could affect ours, which could then change our thunderstorm pattern, and possibly even bring us drier air by mid-week.
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