FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS
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AFTERNOONS: Near records, in the mid-90s for much of this week
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MORNINGS: Cooler by Wednesday thanks to lower humidity
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STAYING DRY: No rain chances this week
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HURRICANE MILTON: Major Hurricane Milton headed for Florida, making landfall Wednesday
FORECAST
Get ready for a week of duality: cool mornings and hot afternoons. It’ll be so toasty in the afternoons that we’ll challenge record highs for the day Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday, the forecast high is 95°, which would tie a record for the day of 95° in 1962 — 62 years ago! Wednesday, we’ll likely beat the record for the day set in 2014.
At least humidity will be low. Just like in the dry desert — where evenings are cool and afternoons are hot — we’ll have nice, crisp mornings in the low- to mid-60s for a couple of hours around sunrise each day.
Unfortunately no rain chances for the foreseeable future.
HURRICANE MILTON
Milton has now strengthened into a major Category 5 hurricane over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. As of the latest update from the National Hurricane Center, Milton is forecast to move east over the next couple days before making landfall in Florida Wednesday evening. It is forecasted to weaken some before landfall, but will still be a powerful storm for the Florida Peninsula.
No impacts to Texas from Milton, but there’s a potential for life-threatening storm surge from Tampa to Naples, as well as rainfall totals up to 5-10 inches across portions of Florida.