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First Alert Weather: Hot, increasingly dry week ahead

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Here’s what the First Alert Weather Team said you can expect for the forecast:

  • Scattered storms into early this evening will end followed by clearing skies with lows in the 70s.
  • The rest of the week will be hot with only isolated afternoon storms.  High temperatures will reach well into the 90s & feel like temps. 102-107.
  • Afternoon storms will begin to increase again Friday.

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Tropics:

  • Tropical depression #2 should soon become tropical storm Bertha over the North & NE Gulf while moving *away* from Florida. Heavy rain for the immediate Gulf coast while the system moves northwest then turns more west.

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First Alert 7-day Forecast:

  • TONIGHT: Scattered storms ending early… partly cloudy. Low: 78
  • TUESDAY: Partly sunny & hot with isolated afternoon t’storms. High: 94
  • TUESDAY NIGHT: Fair to partly cloudy.  Low: 77
  • WEDNESDAY: Partly sunny with isolated afternoon storms. High: 95
  • THURSDAY: Partly cloudy with isolated t’storms. 75/96
  • FRIDAY: Partly cloudy with a few afternoon showers & storms. 76/92
  • SATURDAY: Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers & t’storms. 76/92
  • SUNDAY: Partly cloudy, scattered afternoon showers/storms. 76/91
  • FRIDAY: Partly sunny, scattered afternoon showers/ t’storms. 76/94

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