WFIT-Storm Center
The Florida Storms app from the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network is not just another weather app. It’s everything you need, nothing you don’t. Florida Storms app provides warnings from the National Weather Service and advisories from the National Hurricane Center. You’ll also see evacuation routes, traffic information and locate open shelters in your area.
Florida Storms app is a service from the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network and WFIT 89.5 FM
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Florida’s first big beach-and-boat weekend is also one of its easiest weekends to underestimate. Lightning can strike while the sun is still out nearby, thunder means you are already close enough to be hit, and the safest shelter is not a tent, pavilion, or golf cart. -
If you plan to travel to the beach this Memorial Day Weekend, it is advised to stay out of the ocean due to high waves. Frequent rip currents are expected across the entire east coast of Florida and the Panhandle. Thunderstorms are also possible Saturday and Sunday with rain showers on Memorial Day. Expect this weekend to also be hot and humid with high UV and heat indices. -
A high-pressure system will keep the fronts well north of Florida, but energy impulses will bring rounds of storms that will affect different regions of Florida. -
NOAA’s outlook for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season predicts below-normal activity as an impending El Niño will lead to increased wind shear across the basin.
