Hurricane Season

A weak cold front will lower rain chances and also bring slightlly lower humidity values for much of Florida for part of this week.

Damaging winds, tornadoes, and flash flood risk will continue throughout the weekend across the Southeast into the Mid-Atlantic.

Landfalling tropical systems have a history of producing tornadoes, but the atmospheric ingredients around Isaias appear conducive for tornadic supercells

Isaias strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane on Friday and is expected to make landfall near Pensacola by Saturday morning.

Tropical Storm Isaias is expected strengthen into a Category 2 hurricane on Friday. The cyclone is headed towards the northern Gulf but moisture will impact much of Florida.

Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for 25 counties, including Leon and Bay. Tropical Storm Isaias could hit the western panhandle by the weekend.

Even with the latest activity in the Gulf with Tropical Storm Isaias, it's been a quiet Atlantic hurricane season so far, which is typical for the El Niño climate pattern we're in right now.

Florida faces continued heavy rain and flooding concerns as the strengthening tropical system moves toward the northern Gulf Coast.

Gradual development is possible, but it will likely take the whole week for anything to take shape. Rain across Florida this week is due to a front and local effects.

Tropical Storm Gonzalo formed in the far eastern Atlantic near the Cabo Verde Islands, but the cyclone is not expected to become a hurricane.