Afternoon storm chances to stay through the weekend in Central Florida

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida will continue to see an afternoon storm pattern through the weekend.

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Our area will be cloudy and mild overall, with a 50% chance of scattered storms.

The timing of the storms will be a bit different Friday.

A batch of showers and storms are moving through the Gulf of Mexico Friday morning and headed our direction.

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This will help move scattered showers and storms through our area mid-morning through mid-afternoon.

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Thankfully, the earlier start to the storms will help limit our threat of severe weather.

Some severe storms will be possible along our east coast as they’ll have just a bit more time to heat up before the rain reaches them.

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A strong front will move through this weekend and continue our severe weather threat on Sunday.

Our weather with then settle down with more sunny days next week.

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