Feels like temperatures soaring above 100° across SWFL

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Happy Monday, Southwest Florida! We’re starting off the work week with hot and muggy air, allowing the heat index to peak in the 100s.

It feels like you’re swimming with dew points in the upper 70s and lower 80s. Even overnight it’ll be sticky outside.

Scattered showers and storms will remain in the forecast, especially inland, this evening and overnight.

A few strong-to-severe storms are not impossible, so keep the umbrella handy and have a way to get alerts from the Weather Authority team!

In the tropics, Tropical Storm Claudette is moving away from the United States east coast. The storm will eventually lose tropical status by tomorrow and push out to sea.

Elsewhere, the National Hurricane Center has identified a new tropical wave in the central Atlantic Ocean.

The disturbance only has a 30% chance of development over the next five days. It is expected to move into hostile conditions, such as wind shear, late this week.

The next storm name on our 2021 Atlantic hurricane season list is Danny.

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