SWFL gets a break from heat and humidity this weekend

I hope when you stepped out this morning, you felt the immediate drier note to the air. For the first time in a long while, I hit the road with the windows down, and the sunroof open! But wait - there's more. Tomorrow and Sunday give way to even drier conditions, and cooler temperatures. So if you enjoyed this morning as much as your Weather Authority did, the good news gets stretched out over a few more days. 

Sunday looks to be the cooler, drier day of the weekend. We may see some locations in our viewing area, especially those of you reading from our inland neighborhoods, in the low to mid 60s! You just might have to take a second to dust off your favorite long sleeve. I highly encourage you find a reason to get out and about.

Whether that be to have a cook out, take care of some long delayed yard work, wrench on your car, or take the family out for a bike ride. Tis the season to venture to your local pumpkin patch or fall festival if they've started to pop up in your local area. 

Rain chances are at near zero. You might see some stray cloud cover, but it won't provide much in the way of shade. Thankfully, you won't need too much of it as high's top out somewhere in the mid 80s with much lower humidity.

We'll carry this positive trend into the final few days of September. However, almost as if Mother Nature is watching the calendar, the moment we turn the page to October, this cool weather relief breaks down welcoming back subtropical high pressure. That means - rain and heat are resurrected as we start the month of October. We're currently not tracking anything in the realm of wash outs or flooding. This will be the return of our afternoon storms, as our rainy season hits the home stretch towards its conclusion. 

Out in the tropics, we had a moment where the Atlantic looked a little more like September. Tropical storm Fay is now showing signs of weakening, losing its previously organized structure as it drifts westward over the central Atlantic. Tropical storm Gonzalo joined us yesterday evening around 11pm. It is moving generally northward right up against the west coast of Africa, buffeting the Cabo Verde islands with tropical storm conditions.

Your Weather Authority has one eye on the Gulf, especially the Bay of Campeche over the next two weeks. Right now, there are no glaring signals for future development, but it is a spot that should become increasingly favorable at least for a short window.