A cold front will hit the area beginning Tuesday, ending the scorching warmth and humidity that has lingered within the wake of Hurricane Ian.Â
Temperatures are anticipated to dive into the 50s Wednesday night time into Thursday morning as one of many first important cold fronts of the season drives by the Sunshine State.Â
“We have a pretty strong cold front that’s going to be moving into north Florida Monday night and should move across South Florida Tuesday night,” mentioned Ross Giarratana, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Ruskin, which covers Lee County and areas to the north. “Then by Wednesday a much cooler, drier air mass moves in.”Â
Overall, Southwest Florida ought to see drier climate quickly as the moist season ended Saturday.Â
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And the rain patterns are altering from afternoon, sea breeze pushed thunderstorms to gusty rains on the vanguard of cold fronts as they work their means throughout the Gulf of Mexico.Â
“This will be frontal drive and not so much the sea breeze type of stuff,” Giarratana mentioned. “The winds in the atmosphere are getting stronger. And we have week flow in the summer and that allows those sea breeze to develop.”Â
Recent highs have been within the higher 80s, which is about common for this time of yr for Fort Myers.Â
“We’ll still be able to reach 85 or so on Tuesday, but then we’ll see 73 Wednesday,” Giarratana mentioned. “For folks looking for cooler, drier conditions, mid-week will be nice.”Â
Conditions shall be comparable in Naples, in line with NWS in Miami, which covers the Collier County space.Â
“It looks like our traditional summertime daily thunderstorm season is wrapping up and we have this cold front coming this weeks, so showers and thunderstorms are back into the forecast,” mentioned Robert Garcia, an NWS meteorologist in Miami. “Late in the week we’ll see drier, cooler temperatures. And it looks like Thursday morning many portions of Collier County will drop into the upper 50 to low 60s.”Â
Garcia mentioned Marco Island, Everglades City and Chokoloskee are usually a couple of levels hotter than Naples.Â
“It will be in the 60s there, but Naples is far enough north that the 50s will make it in,” Garcia mentioned. Â
Naples highs this time of yr are within the mid-80s with lows within the mid-60s, Garcia mentioned.Â
Historically, the typical begin of the wet season has been May 15, with the season operating by Oct. 15.
Those are the typical begin and cease dates for the each day afternoons showers and thunderstorms which can be typical of summer season climate right here, although the precise day on which rains begin and cease fluctuate yr to yr.Â
Hurricane season runs from June 1 by November.Â
The yr began off with average drought circumstances prevailing over a lot of Southwest Florida.Â
Lee and Collier, on common, obtained greater than 8 inches above common for this wet season, in line with South Florida Water Management District data.Â
The area has obtained greater than 47 inches since May 15, in line with district data.Â
Just over 60 inches of rain have fallen right here this yr, placing us at greater than 8 inches (or 116%) above common.Â
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, is asking for above-average possibilities of above-average temperatures and common precipitation for South Florida between now and the top of the yr.Â
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