South Florida remains under a flood watch. How much longer will this rain last?
One more day, people. Just one more day.
Sunday could really live up to its name. Mostly.
At least that’s what the folks at the National Weather Service say about all this daily rain that still has South Florida under a flood watch through Saturday night.
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“Recent rainfall accumulations have led to saturated ground across coastal and metro southeast Florida. Additional excessive rainfall ... could lead to additional flooding,” meteorologist Larry Kelly said in his Saturday morning flood watch report.
The watch includes coastal and metro Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Though the possibility exists for strong to severe thunderstorms to rumble through parts of South Florida Saturday afternoon, with wind gusts that could hit 50 mph and potential waterspouts, according to the service’s hazardous weather outlook, such storm chances are at 40% and decline to 30% by Saturday night.
Sunday holds at a 30% chance with mostly sunny skies and possible afternoon storms, and that summer-time patterns holds through the week, according to the service.
There’s a slight chance for isolated thunderstorms in the Florida Keys, too, but the percentages are lower, in the 10% to 20% range, through the week, and there is not a flood watch warning on the island chain.
This story was originally published June 11, 2022 at 10:53 AM.
