Is summer-like humidity returning to South Florida? You better get outside right now
Way back in 1990, a local Miami hip-hop parody act spoofed 2 Live Crew and released a novelty single called “Oy! It’s So Humid.”
You will be feeling that song title this week in South Florida.
After a glorious weekend and start of the week — with staggeringly low humidity, blue skies and morning 60s to afternoon low 80s — temperatures are on the rise, and it’ll be downright sticky by the weekend.
So enjoy it while you can.
“Tuesday will be the last day of low humidity and seasonable temperatures in South Florida,” NBC6 meteorologist John Morales posted on Twitter on Tuesday morning. “It turns warmer and more humid late this week, and downright muggy this weekend.”
How hot and muggy?
Tuesday’s high range runs about 82 to 90 degrees with the highest temperatures along the western half of South Florida, said George Rizzuto, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Miami.
Wednesday will be similar, about 82 to 88.
Thursday, about 83 to 89.
“And then Friday we’re seeing what the current forecast says could be about 82 at the coolest areas along Miami Beach to 90 along the west or even 91 in the interior areas,” Rizzuto said. “We’ll have a humidity return.”
Lows will range from the upper 60s to mid-70s in the mornings as the week progresses.
Rain on the way?
Did your smart watch tell you Tuesday morning that rain chances are 60% in two days?
The device is working — if a bit high on the probability end for Miami-Dade and Broward. (Though the Tampa Bay area is looking at a 70% chance Thursday night and 60% on Friday, with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s.)
South Florida’s weather will be mainly dry at least until Thursday, the weather service predicts.
“Rain chances will be best on Friday into Saturday as a front kind of stalls out to the north” of South Florida, Rizzuto said.
“Depending on how far south out the front actually decides to stall that’ll determine where the greatest rain chances will set up. But right now it looks like for Friday and Saturday the greatest chance of the rain will likely be the northern areas, which is around the Okeechobee region,” Rizzuto said.
Summer is “just around the corner,” he added.
Heading to Orlando?
There’s a dense fog warning Tuesday morning for Lake, Volusia, western Orange and Seminole counties through 10 a.m., according to the weather service in Orlando.
The humidity also rises by mid-week with hazardous boating conditions developing Wednesday through Thursday as south to southeast winds increase ahead of an approaching cold front, said meteorologist Robert Haley in his hazardous weather outlook. This front will bring increased rain and lightning storm chances late Thursday into Friday. A few of these storms could be strong.
“The front is forecast to become nearly stationary across the Florida peninsula this weekend which will produce scattered to numerous showers and embedded storms each day,” Haley wrote.
Temperatures in Orlando range from 90 as a high Thursday to mid-60s for lows into the weekend.
This story was originally published March 29, 2022 at 10:16 AM.
