Tampa Bay Weather: Sunshine, Finally!

TAMPA, FL — Tampa Bay area residents ready for a solid day of sunshine may see their wish materialize on Tuesday. According to forecasters at the National Weather Service, Tuesday should start off the post-Labor Day workweek with sunny conditions.

As of Monday morning, forecasters anticipated Tuesday to shape up with a high near 90 degrees in much of the Bay area. Overnight, mostly clear conditions are expected with a low in the low 70s. Rain was not in the forecast.

A return to normal summertime weather patterns is expected heading into Wednesday. Forecasters say the day should start out sunny with a high around 90 degrees. A 30 percent chance of scattered thunderstorms moves into the picture in the afternoon hours. Those rain chances are expected to stick around in the overnight hours when the low is expected to fall once again into the low 70s.

Similar conditions are expected to kick off the day Thursday, but the high may be slightly warmer. Rain chances move in during the afternoon hours and stick around overnight. Forecasters say Thursday’s low should fall into the mid-70s.

Friday presents with a possible break in the pattern. As of Monday’s forecast report, Friday was expected to arrive with a 50 percent chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly after 8 a.m. Partly sunny conditions may materialize, as well, along with a high around 90. Overnight, isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible with a low around the mid-70s.

While Tampa Bay is returning to a more normalized weather pattern following Hurricane Hermine’s pass by the region, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are keeping their eyes on two disturbances. The first is a tropical wave located over the eastern Caribbean. That storm isn’t likely to pose a threat to Florida or Tampa Bay. It’s been given a 20 percent chance of further development over the next five days.

The second disturbance is an area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave that is expected to form later this week a few hundred miles away from the Cabo Verde Islands. Forecasters say that system has a 20 percent chance of development over the next five days. Where that system might pose a threat remains too soon to tell.

Meanwhile, what remains of Hermine was nearly stalled in the Atlantic Ocean Monday morning offshore of New York. Though now downgraded to "Post-Tropical Cyclone Hermine," the storm was still packing maximum sustained winds of 70 mph Monday.

For an extended forecast in your neighborhood, visit your local Patch’s homepage.

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