TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - Today was HOT and HUMID, topping out in the low 90s. but feeling for like 106°. We saw a few inland showers that should fade by sunset. We will be warm & muggy overnight, with temperatures sinking down to around
A cold front arrives tomorrow with a slightly higher chance for a downpour. The storms build back toward the Gulf of Mexico as the cold front slides south in the evening. It'll still be warm and humid with highs in the low-mid 90s.
Less humid air arrives Friday and sticks around for most of the weekend. The drier air limits rain chances to just 10% or less. It'll still be hot in the sunshine, but heat index values stay below 100, which is as good as it gets in August.
Humidity levels and rain chances increase through next week.
Tropical Storm Ernesto is strengthening as it begins to head north away from the Caribbean Islands. It may become a major hurricane as it nears Bermuda in the Atlantic.
