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Temperatures soar, scattered afternoon storms return

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tuesday will be even hotter. Temperatures will soar to 95 degrees in Orlando.

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The heat index will be around 100 to 105 degrees.

We will have a 40% chance of scattered afternoon storms.

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Later this week, the rain chance goes up.

We will have more afternoon storms from Thursday into the weekend.

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In the tropics, one weak disturbance in the northern Gulf is drifting away from Florida. It remains off the coast of Louisiana. It will be a rainmaker for them.

Otherwise, the tropics remain relatively quiet.

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Katlyn Brieskorn, WFTV.com

Katlyn Brieskorn is a Digital Assignment Editor at WFTV. She joined Channel 9 in July 2019.

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