First day of summer brings heat and afternoon showers

KELLIANNE BECAUSE OF COURSE, IT’S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, SUMMER, FIRST DAY TODAY. IT IS. YEAH. SO WE OFFICIALLY RING IN SUMMER TONIGHT, BUT IT’S THE FIRST DAY. BUT THE SUMMER SOLSTICE OFFICIALLY HAPPENS TONIGHT AT 1041 IN THE EVENING. THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER IS ALSO THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR, WITH ALMOST 14 HOURS OF DAYLIGHT. SO OUR SUNRISE THIS MORNING WILL HAPPEN AT 628, AND WE’LL HAVE A SUNSET AT 826. AND THEN AFTER TODAY, SLOWLY BUT SURELY, WE’LL SLOWLY SEE THAT LONG STRETCH OF DAYLIGHT BEGIN TO COLLAPSE, AT LEAST FOR RIGHT NOW. WE CAN ENJOY IT. CERTAINLY GOING TO FEEL LIKE SUMMER, THOUGH. TEMPERATURES FEEL A LOT MORE LIKE THE UPPER 90S AND TRIPLE DIGITS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AND WE’RE ALREADY WARM THIS MORNING. BUT AT LEAST HERE IN LAKE COUNTY, WE ARE DRY TO START OFF. CAN’T SAY THE SAME FOR EVERY SINGLE LOCATION THOUGH. WE ARE TRACKING A COUPLE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FLORIDA GULF COAST. EVEN A COUPLE OF SHOWERS QUICKLY DEVELOPING AROUND THE PIERSON AREA, CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARDS 11 AND 17 THAT INTERSECTION. SO MOVING AWAY FROM PIERSON INTO NORTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY AND SOUTHERN FLAGLER COUNTY, AND THEN A FEW MORE POP UP SHOWERS AROUND THE BUNNELL, PALM COAST, FLAGLER BEACH AREA. I AM EXPECTING MORE RAIN AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE LATE MORNING EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. RIGHT AROUND 11 12:00, A FEW MORE POP-UP SHOWERS AS HEAT AND HUMIDITY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. THAT INSTABILITY. THEN BY 3:00, SCATTERED RAINFALL AND THERE IS THAT POTENTIAL FOR SOME RAINFALL ALONG OUR COASTLINE TODAY. BUT THEN GOING INTO THE EVENING HOURS, THE RAIN MOVES AWAY FROM OUR COAST AND MOVES THROUGH OUR INLAND SPOTS. SO WE’LL TRACK SCATTERED RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 6:00, 7:00 TONIGHT FOR INLAND LOCATIONS BY NINE 3010. MOST OF US ARE DRY. MAYBE A LINGERING SHOWER AND SOME LINGERING CLOUD COVER, BUT THAT CLOUD COVER WILL CLEAR OUT BY TOMORROW MORNING. BUT OVERALL, WE WILL HAVE A HIGH RAINFALL COVERAGE JUST LIKE WE HAD YESTERDAY. BUT TODAY WILL BE RIGHT AROUND A 60% COVERAGE. OTHERWISE, GET READY FOR A HOT DAY AHEAD TODAY IN CELEBRATION. POINCIANA ORLANDO WINTER PARK WEDGEFIELD ORANGE, ORANGE CITY AND BARRY ALL AT 93 DEGREES LAKE MARY, ALTAMONTE SPRINGS AT 92 AND MOST INLAND LOCATIONS AROUND 92 TO 93. OUR COASTLINE, BECAUSE OF THAT SEA BREEZE DEVELOPING, WE’LL REACH THE UPPER 80S AND LOW 90S NOW. THIS WEEKEND WILL HAVE LOWER RAIN CHANCES AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN SATURDAY. ABOUT A 40% COVERAGE OF RAINFALL ON SUNDAY. SLIGHTLY DRIER AT 30%. AND WE’RE GOING TO HAVE AN EASTERLY WIND THIS WEEKEND. SO THAT MEANS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. 1 OR 2 POP-UP SHOWERS INITIALLY IN THE LATE MORNING EARLY AFTERNOON AS THAT SEA BREEZE DEVELOPS, BUT THEN THE SEA BREEZE MOVES INLAND, LEADING TO DRIER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND. SO IF YOU HAVE BEACH PLANS THIS WEEKEND, OVERALL IT’S A GOOD WEEKEND FOR THAT AND LOOKING AHEAD TO NEX