Gusty storms push across South Florida, bringing lightning and strong winds

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Parts of South Florida are bracing for gusty showers and thunderstorms Saturday, with forecasters informing of winds up to 45 miles per hr and flashes of lightning arsenic cells determination rapidly crossed the region.

Local 10 meteorologist John Gerard issued a upwind alert during the greeting newscast, noting the radar had rapidly go progressive aft a quiescent commencement to the day.

“If you’re readying the remainder of your greeting and your afternoon, you request to cognize we’ve got immoderate gusty showers and storms heading successful our direction,” helium said

Gerard said the storms are tracking northeast astatine speeds betwixt 30 to 40 miles per hr and could scope coastal areas wrong the hour.

He said that communities including Weston, Hialeah, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, Doral, Kendall and downtown Miami would each beryllium impacted earlier midday.

“If you’re successful Weston, you’ve lone got till 10:34, and past you’re gonna spot these downpours with lightning and gusty winds,” helium said. “Hollywood — it’ll beryllium determination astatine astir 11 o’clock ... About 10 minutes to 11 and this 1 volition besides marque it into Hollywood astatine astir 11:12.”

Gerard added that immoderate neighborhoods could get deed twice, with abstracted tempest systems moving from the northbound and south.

As the day progresses, the heaviest storms are expected to displacement eastbound into Miami-Dade and Broward counties earlier weakening by aboriginal evening.

Gerard said rainfall chances stay astatine 50% done mid-afternoon, with temperatures reaching the precocious 80s to adjacent 90 degrees successful betwixt downpours.

“It’s going to beryllium benignant of a stormy respective hours ahead,” helium said, “and they volition benignant of wide retired conscionable earlier sunset.”

The forecast calls for drier conditions heading into Monday and Tuesday, with a flimsy uptick successful rainfall chances returning aboriginal adjacent week.

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