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WINK NEWS National Hurricane Conference is underway in Orlando Hurricane season is right around the corner, the perfect time for the National Hurricane Conference to be underway in Orlando. With hurricane season a month and a half away, you should be thinking ahead about your and your family’s safety, and many different ways to protect your home and new technology are on display in […]
Fort Myers Friday’s chilly start gives way to a temperate weekend Beautiful weather on tap for your Friday after our cold start. Highs will gradually rebound into the lower 70s with a mostly sunny sky. Saturday will start chilly with temperatures in the 40s & 50s by sunrise. Bring the jacket! By the afternoon highs in the mid 70s with a mix of sunshine and clouds. […]
Fort Myers Cold morning starts mild, sunny day with no rain After our chilly start with 40s and 50s across Southwest Florida, expect a nice rebound and swing by the afternoon. A beautiful, sunny day, as highs will reach the lower to mid 70s, with no rain thanks to low humidity. We dip back down into the 40s and 50s by Wednesday morning, as high clouds […]
Fort Myers Sunny MLK Day brings warmer weather, still below 80 degrees On Martin Luther King Day morning, clouds will give way to mostly sunny conditions this afternoon; absolutely beautiful, with temperatures higher than over the weekend, in the lower to mid-70s. Tonight will be quiet but chilly, with lows in the 40s for many, as cold as the upper 30s inland. Bundle up by sunrise on […]
Fort Myers No rain likely until Christmas Eve, then a Christmas Day cold front After a pleasant afternoon, another chilly night ahead for SW Florida with lows falling down into the 40s & 50s. With drier air in place no rain is expected, at least until Christmas Eve. Our rain chances for Thursday are due to a powerful cold front sweeping across the state. The best timing for rain […]
Fort Myers Chilly Night Ahead! Grab the sweaters! A chilly night is ahead for SW Florida, with lows falling down in the 40s & 50s, with mostly clear skies! Our next cold front and chance of rain is going to be on Christmas Eve with a stronger front. That’ll usher in chillier weather just in time for Christmas Day! Lows […]
FORT MYERS Know your Zone: Storm surge is the deadliest part of a storm, not wind Systems like Tropical Storm Laura in the tropics can bring storm surge, which is salt water from the Gulf of Mexico that is pushed toward the shore by the force of winds swirling around a tropical system. And that is the most deadly part of a storm. Jamie Rhome is the Storm Surge Specialist/Team Lead […]
FORT MYERS Saharan dust may help fuel red tide in the Gulf of Mexico, study finds A large plume of Saharan dust from Africa, over 2,000 miles wide, is surging across the Caribbean Sea. It’ll push into the Gulf of Mexico and parts of the United States, including Florida, later this week and linger into next week. The plumes coming off the coast of Africa are quite normal. These plumes of […]
FORT MYERS Drought officially over in Southwest Florida due to recent heavy rain Months of drier than normal conditions, leading to fires in April and May, are now officially over in Southwest Florida. The US Drought Monitor released their update Thursday morning showing the significant improvement thanks to recent rounds of heavy rain since late May. In fact parts of Southwest Florida, especially Fort Myers and Cape Coral, […]
FORT MYERS Tropical Storm Cristobal forms in the Gulf, earliest 3rd named Atlantic storm on record Tuesday morning Tropical Depression #3 was upgraded to Tropical Storm Cristobal, the 3rd earliest named storm in the Atlantic on record. The previous record was held by Tropical Storm Colin on June 5, 2016. The system will be moving slowly in the Bay of Campeche for the next several days hovering over warmer than normal […]