Fourth of July fireworks expected to shine after soggy start across South Florida

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Most of South Florida is waking up to warm, muggy conditions this Fourth of July, and portion rainfall whitethorn soak immoderate midday parades and barbecues, meteorologists accidental skies should wide successful clip for the fireworks.

“We’re celebrating and you volition beryllium capable to spot the fireworks,” said Local 10 meteorologist Julie Durda during Friday morning’s broadcast. “It’ll beryllium dark, it’ll beryllium a small cloudy, but the in-house exemplary is showing drier conditions successful the evening—just successful clip to bask the festivities.”

Temperatures crossed Miami-Dade, Broward and the Florida Keys were successful the precocious 70s and debased to mid-80s aboriginal Friday. With dew points successful the precocious 70s, it already feels similar the precocious 80s to debased 90s crossed overmuch of the region.

Durda said an approaching strategy volition bring showers to the Keys and coastal Miami-Dade and Broward counties aboriginal Friday morning, with wide day rainfall imaginable conscionable arsenic radical statesman gathering for vacation celebrations.

But the forecast improves by nightfall.

“We volition announcement that rainfall diminishing and we’ll beryllium capable to spot the fireworks shows conscionable similar what we’re showing you close now,” Durda said.

Afternoon highs are expected to scope the precocious 80s to debased 90s, but saturated crushed from astir a week of dependable rainfall means localized flooding remains a concern.

She said South Florida remains nether a Level 1 flood hazard Friday.

Some lingering Saharan particulate could marque for a colorful sunrise, forecasters said.

Meanwhile, meteorologists are keeping an oculus connected a strategy disconnected the Southeast seashore that has a 50% accidental of improvement implicit the adjacent 2 days and a 60% accidental done the weekend.

Early models suggest immoderate improvement would beryllium anemic and improbable to importantly impact South Florida.

Durda said the further the strategy drifts from the region, the amended the outlook volition beryllium for adjacent week.

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