Brittany Van Voorhees

As of 11 p.m. Friday, Tropical Storm Gamma is in the northwestern Caribbean. This system has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and is moving toward the northwest at 9 mph. Gamma is expected to meander toward the Yucatan Peninsula by the weekend. Gamma is expected to produce rainfall totals of 4 to 8 inches […]

After a calm week, things are heating up again in the Atlantic Basin. We’re now watching two areas of interest. The first is the tropical wave we’ve been monitoring for a few days now. This area is still producing a wide array of showers and storms this morning and a low-pressure system is expected to […]

As of Wednesday evening, we’re keeping an eye on two tropical waves: one over the central Caribbean, the other a couple hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles. The disturbance we have been discussing for a few days has the higher chance of development, at 70%, and is starting to develop in the central Caribbean […]

A tropical wave over the central Caribbean is expected to move westward over the next few days, where it may develop into a broad area of low pressure by the end of this work week. From there, the National Hurricane Center gives it a 60% chance of tropical cyclone development. Since this disturbance hasn’t formed […]

A broad area of low pressure could form over the western Caribbean Sea over the next few days. Since this disturbance hasn’t formed yet, there is significant model discrepancy on not only where it could go, but how strong it could be. Typically, we get better model data once a disturbance is better organized, because the […]

Deep, tropical moisture is slowly creeping back into our local forecast today and into the weekend. This large plume of moisture will allow for more humidity and more widespread storm activity. This afternoon and evening, stay weather aware as some storms may produce heavy rain, localized flooding, and frequent lightning. The best potential for storms […]

Scattered showers and storms return to Southwest Florida today. The majority of our rainfall will occur in the afternoon and evening, with a few pockets of heavy rain possible. We will likely dry out after sunset this evening. Expect mainly clear to partly cloudy and dry conditions overnight and into early Friday morning. Thursday is […]

Southwest Florida is experiencing one more cool morning before conditions return to normal for late September. Temperatures so far this morning have dropped to 69° in Fort Myers, 67° in Punta Gorda, and 71° in Naples. This marks the coolest start since May 18th, May 22nd, and June 16th respectively. Wednesday will feature another day […]

Southwest Florida got to enjoy a day of lower than average humidity Tuesday — just in time for the first day of Fall! We’ll get to enjoy one more day of dry, less humid conditions before rain chances and humidity ramps up for the second half of the week. Wednesday will bring another day of […]

The first cold front of the season moved through Southwest Florida on Monday… and it’s about a month ahead of schedule! On average, our first cold front doesn’t arrive until mid or late October. Nevertheless, we will welcome this front with open arms, as it will bring us drier weather and lower humidity Tuesday and […]