South Floridians had another stifling hot day Thursday, broken up by heavy showers and thunderstorms, as Idalia left the area but its moisture lingered.
“Despite Idalia being well away from South FL, enhanced moisture remains across the area,” meteorologists with the National Weather Service Miami wrote in their morning forecast.
All of South Florida was placed under a heat advisory through 7 p.m., with “feels-like” temperatures reaching between 105 and 110 degrees, according to the National Weather Service Miami.
Miami set a daily high temperature record, the weather service announced on X, formerly known as Twitter, Thursday afternoon, reaching 96 degrees and breaking the old record of 95 degrees set in 1998.
Forecasters predicted some relief in the form of periods of showers and thunderstorms, with possible local flooding, especially in northeastern areas. But mostly, it was just hot.
Idalia, currently heading out to sea, left a “tail of moisture” behind, which brought humidity and occasional heavy rainfall to the area, Sammy Hadi, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said at a briefing Thursday morning.
Breezy southwesterly winds also associated with Idalia added to the “hot and humid conditions,” Hadi said.
The heat and moisture will continue Friday, with a significant excessive heat risk and higher rainfall chances. A weak front will then move through the area this weekend, lowering temperatures and rain chances slightly.
South Floridians can rest assured that there will be no more tropical threats to the area next week.
A trough is currently picking up all of the systems in the Atlantic, including Idalia, newly formed Tropical Storm Jose, and the remnants of Tropical Storm Gert, and shifting them north way from South Florida, Hadi said, which means “the activity will all stay away from our area.”
