WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Coastal areas will start to dry out, with inland areas seeing higher chances for rain through the early evening. These showers will be quick-movers and carry light rain. The sky will briefly clear up overnight. Lows will be in the lower 70s in the Palm Beaches and upper 60s for the Treasure Coast.
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Higher chances for more beneficial rain are on tap for the weekend.
Saturday will be partly cloudy with a few passing showers. Highs will push into the mid 80s by the afternoon.
Spotty showers with isolated storms are forecast to develop late Saturday evening and into the night. These can produce heavier rainfall.
Especially Sunday afternoon, when spotty storms will develop inland afternoon daytime heating and become scattered throughout the afternoon as the storms push towards eastern cities.
By Monday, the storm chance increases even more as a wider coverage of storms is expected. A few storms could be strong and produce heavy rainfall and gusty winds both on Sunday and Monday.
Tuesday on looks drier, but it is going to be a muggy week!
The latest drought monitor released on Thursday has significantly worsened. Unfortunately, 98% of the state is now in a drought or is going into a drought, including all of Central and South Florida. Fort Pierce is now considered abnormally dry.
Extreme drought conditions have spread further east. Boca Raton through West Palm Beach is now in extreme drought.
The rain will not be enough to improve drought conditions, for now, but some signs are pointing to the start of the rainy season as we head into the first few weeks of May.
