South Florida to see another hot, humid week as NEXT Weather team monitors Atlantic for tropical development
Get ready, South Florida. Another hot and humid week is ahead with more seasonable temperatures and a typical rainy season pattern returning to the region.
High temperatures will climb into the low 90s on Monday afternoon, and it will feel like the upper 90s and low 100s when you factor in the humidity.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop in the afternoon hours, and some heavy downpours, gusty winds and lightning will all be possible.
The National Weather Service warns, "when thunder roars, head indoors."
The CBS News Miami NEXT Weather team is also tracking several wildfires burning in western Miami-Dade, and that's leading to smoke in spots with some reduced air quality.
The 22 Fire has burned 880 acres and is 40% contained.
The Vulture Fire has burned 347 acres and was 80% contained.
The Chipmunk Fire has burned 15,508 acres and is 50% contained.
The Lemur Fire has burned 116 acres, and the Movie Dome Fire has burned 6,222 acres.
As the breeze builds out of the southeast, much of the smoke from the wildfires will be steered towards the interior and west.
Saharan dust is also leading to hazy skies and lower air quality as well.
On Tuesday, the chances of rain will decrease a bit, but some spotty storms can't be ruled out.
The rain chances will rise mid- to late-week, with scattered showers and thunderstorms likely each day due to the moisture around.
High temperatures will remain near normal in the low 90s through the weekend.
The CBS News Miami NEXT Weather team is also tracking two areas in the Atlantic for possible tropical development.
A broad area of low pressure located a few hundred miles east-southeast of Bermuda has a medium potential of development over the next seven days.
The system may become a short-lived tropical depression or storm over the next few days as it moves northward and north-northeastward of Bermuda.
And a tropical wave that moved offshore of West Africa has a medium potential of becoming a tropical depression by the middle or toward the end of this week while the system generally moves westward across the eastern and central Atlantic.
The CBS News Miami NEXT Weather team will continue to monitor the area for development.
It's also been 34 years since catastrophic Hurricane Andrew devastated South Florida.