Tampa Bay Weekend Weather: No Break From The Heat

TAMPA, FL — Tampa Bay area residents and visitors with big outdoor plans over the weekend may find the weather less than ideal. A string of steamy days with feels-like temperatures around 100 degrees and daily storms are likely, according to the National Weather Service.

Friday is expected to kick things off with mostly sunny conditions during the daytime hours. A high around 93 degrees is forecast with heat index values expected to soar to about 102 degrees in much of the region. Storms are expected to move in during the late afternoon hours and are likely to stick around into the evening. An overnight low in the balmy upper 70s is forecast for much of the Tampa Bay area.

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Saturday may bring an earlier start to storms, but only a slight cooling of temperatures is expected. Weather service forecasters say scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to roll in after 8 a.m., but the sun may poke through the clouds in some parts of the region. The day’s high is forecast to reach about 90 degrees in much of the region with a heat index value around 100. Storm chances stick around heading into the overnight hours when the low will fall into the upper 70s.

Sunday is expected to bring a 50 percent chance of storms and mostly cloudy skies. The day’s high is expected to climb to about 90 degrees. Rain chances stick around heading into the overnight hours with a forecast low in the upper 70s.

As of Friday, forecasters anticipated strong rain chances to remain in the cards well into the workweek ahead. The streak of daily highs in the 90s is also expected to continue.

While no organized, severe weather is forecast over the next few days, the weather service warns that the region’s normal summertime thunderstorms can create hazardous conditions. Gusty winds, heavy rain and deadly lightning strikes are all possible over the weekend ahead, forecasters noted in Friday’s Hazardous Weather Outlook report.

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