Tampa Bay Workweek Weather: Hot to Start with a Chance for Hail

TAMPA, FL — The Tampa Bay area is in for another few days of summerlike conditions with highs near 90 and afternoon thunderstorms likely. Slightly cooler temperatures are expected to come into the picture as the week progresses.

According to the National Weather Service, Monday should kick things off with sunny conditions at the start. The day’s high is expected to climb to about 90 degrees in much of the region with a 40 percent chance for scattered thunderstorms moving into the picture in the afternoon hours.

Those thunderstorms, forecasters say, are most likely to develop over interior counties. Storms that do crop up will be “capable of producing strong gusty winds, locally heavy rains, frequent deadly lightning strikes and small hail,” the weather service’s Hazardous Weather Outlook report warned. “If thunder roars, go indoors.”

Storm chances of 40 percent stick around into the nighttime hours. The good news is forecasters expect an overnight low around 74 degrees.

Tuesday is expected to start out sunny with a high around 89 degrees expected in the Tampa Bay area. Thunderstorm chances move in mainly after 3 p.m. with a 30 percent chance of storms forecast. Tuesday’s storms will once again be capable of producing small hail. Storm chances linger at 30 percent in the overnight hours when a low in the mid-70s is expected.

Wednesday is expected to shape up largely the same as Tuesday with a slightly stronger chance for afternoon storms. The likelihood of hail diminishes as the week progresses, forecasters say. The daytime high is expected to reach about 87 degrees in much of the region. Rain chances persist at 40 percent in the overnight hours with a low around 75 expected.

Thursday brings a 50 percent chance of rain in the afternoon hours along with an anticipated high in the upper 80s. Storm chances continue into the evening hours when a low around 71 is expected in much of the region.

A sunny start to the day is expected Friday along with some possible good news for those tired of highs near and in the 90s. Forecasters say the daytime high should only climb to about the mid-80s. As of Monday, no rain was in the forecast for Friday. Overnight conditions are expected to be mostly clear with a low around 70.

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