Orlando weather: Heavy rain, storms move in to conclude the weekend
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The weather script flips Sunday as a surge of tropical moisture streams into Central Florida! That persistent easterly breeze off the Atlantic along with an upper-level disturbance swinging in from the west, leads to a damp, dreary Sunday.SOAKING RAIN AND STORMS TODAY, LINGERING INTO MONDAYWidespread showers and embedded thunderstorms will continue to push ashore and sweep across the peninsula today into tonight. Rain chances will sit high at 70–80% for most of Central Florida, with the steadiest and heaviest downpours setting up from the Orlando metro down Space Coast. These fast-moving bands will pack torrential tropical downpours capable of dropping a quick 1 to 3 inches of water, leading to localized street flooding in low-lying and poor-drainage spots. We’ll keep that unsettled, soggy pattern rolling into Monday morning with 60–70% rain chances before drier air gradually starts eating away at the coverage by Tuesday.RAIN-COOLED CONDITIONS SUNDAY, MUGGINESS HOLDSThe thick cloud co