Central florida can get rain at the weekend

After one of the driest April – with just more than a third of one centimeter rain for the whole month – the residents of Orlando, which have separated over their brown lawns and in powered gardens, will get a dose relief: at least a little will rain this weekend.

According to the National Weather Service in Melbourne, Orlando has a chance of 30% to show off on Saturday and 60% for Sunday afternoon to Monday evening. In some areas, more than half a customs could see.

The cloudy, rainy sky will be part of a storm system that moves to the east in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia on Saturday and then immerse yourself to Florida.

“This will push moisture into the Florida peninsula,” said Melissa Watson, a meteorologist with the weather service. “But unfortunately not every rain is preserved. It will be stained.”

Nevertheless, homeowners in the region would probably not prefer any rain about anyone after seeing gardens and lawns wilt and drying in the past month.

“Oh, I’m happy,” said Victoria Bruce when she took a break on Thursday, while she went to Altamonte Springs in Cranes Roost Park. “I almost forgot how rain looks … my garden and my plants will be happy.”

April in Central Florida is usually considered the cruelest season for thirsty vegetation as one of the driest months. This is particularly true this year.

Orlando received 0.37 inch rain last month. That is 2.21 inches less than the normal 2.58 inches – which it does in the history of Orlando in accordance with the records of 133 years.

The driest April in the city was in 1896 when there was no precipitation at all. April 2017, however, was drier than in the last month when Orlando saw only one trace – a lot so small that it could not be recorded.

The lack of considerable rain in this year together with higher normal temperatures and airy days caused the counties Lake, Orange, Oscola, Seminole and Volusia to issue prohibitions that prohibit the lighting outdoors. The bans are automatically activated by the counties of Florida when the Keetch-byram-Dürre-index-one scale, which measures or exceeds the drought of the soil.

According to the index on Thursday, Lake had a reading of 611, followed by Volusia with 593, seminole at 579, orange with 576 and Oscola at 528.

Dry sources also bring threats to forest fires. According to the Florida Forest Service in Florida, 85 forest fires burned almost 3,200 acres from Thursday. However, most of them were included, including a hectare brush fire in East Orange County.

In 1998, the region had such severe drought diseases that led to the so -called fire storm in Florida. At that time, widespread forest fires burned hundreds of structures and canceled outdoor events, including celebrations on July 4th.

A large part of the lake, orange and seminole had severe drought, while sections of North Sea and the Volusia were under extreme drought until early Tuesday and the latest data from the Dürre Monitor of the US Ministry of Agriculture.

However, long-distance weather models show that dry AS-A-Bone conditions do not last long.

According to the US Center for Climate Forecast, there is a 50% probability that central florida will be above the ordinary rainfall by May 15.

Nevertheless, the rain of this weekend is not much used in the region’s drought conditions. So far, Orlando has received a little more than 4 inches this year – 6.11 inches below the normal value. And central florida rainy season usually only starts on May 27th.

Do not expect much abandoning time despite the expected rain. Central florida temperatures will probably be a little above the normal value this weekend, according to the weather service.

On Saturday, the thermometer is expected to rise to 89 degrees and then fall to 69 overnight. The heights on Sunday should reach 87 before they immerse themselves at 69 at night. The temperatures on Monday are expected to rise to 86 with a cloudy sky and sink to 68 at night. On Tuesday, central florida will mainly have sunny sky and temperatures in the upper 80s and fall to 69 overnight.

Normal temperatures in May for Orlando are high and lows in the upper 80s in the upper 80s.

Originally published: May 3, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Edt