Great weather for Veterans Day and Dolphins’ home game. Only a couple concerns in Florida
There a Dolphins home game in Miami Gardens and it’s Veterans Day weekend, so no school on Friday.
You’re ready for some good weather news after preparing for, and weathering, Hurricane Nicole’s landfall, aren’t you?
On this, we can deliver.
Expect only a slight chance of showers — 20% — on the Friday holiday in South Florida and the Keys, with a high of 84 and low at night around 74. A breezy south wind of about 9 to 13 mph, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.
The weather will also cooperate for the City of Miami Beach’s Veterans Day parade at 11:11 a.m. Friday along Ocean Drive. That event is to feature an F-16 flyover.
When the Dolphins kick off against the Cleveland Browns from Hard Rock Stadium Sunday afternoon the team will do so under sunny skies and 80 degree temperatures.
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The clear skies and relatively comfy temperatures will carry on through at least Wednesday, forecasters say.
If you had weekend plans to visit the attractions in Orlando, like Disney, Universal or SeaWorld, the forecast calls for a 30% chance of showers on Veterans Day with temperatures in the mid-80s and gusts up to 20 mph. Saturday into next week brings clear skies and lower temperatures with highs in the upper-70s and low-80s and nighttime lows around 60.
Tallahassee and Gainesville, which could feel the effects of Tropical Storm Nicole on Thursday, will feel similar weather conditions Friday with rain chances at 40% and 30% respectively.
Bradenton and the Tampa Bay area is looking at a 20% rain chance on Veterans Day and clear skies for the coming week, with temperatures ranging from low-80s to low-60s Sunday.
Area of concern
Forecasters do want you to know, however, that a flood advisory remains for coastal Miami-Dade and Broward through 1 a.m. Friday. Along with the possibility of some roadways pooling water, there is also a high risk for rip currents along Atlantic and Gulf Coast beaches.
High surf is expected along Palm Beach County beaches through Thursday night. Hazardous marine conditions, especially for small crafts, will persist into Friday and into next week.
“While beach and marine conditions will continue to improve, elevated surf, strong and frequent rip currents, and elevated seas will continue through Friday before beginning to calm this weekend,” forecasters at the service said.
There was a coastal flooding advisory for the Florida Keys for Thursday, too.
Florida déjà vu
One last weather curiousity, courtesy of WINK meteorologist Matt Devitt.
Devitt posted a meme on Facebook Thursday noting that Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole both made landfall in Florida on similar paths on the southwest and east coasts, respectively. These storms did so 43 days apart in September and November.
Hurricane Charley and Hurricane Jeanne, the blueprints for Ian and Nicole, did the same thing in 2004. Both those storms made landfall in Florida on similar paths 43 days apart, Devitt noted.
“This is CRAZY. Florida hurricane déjà vu,” he wrote.
This story was originally published November 10, 2022 at 12:30 PM.
