Orlando's Midday Weather: Rain at 71, the Flood Watch Runs to 7 P.M. — and Election Day's Rain Chance Has Climbed Back to 33 Percent
The station feed reads 71.3 degrees in rain at midday, Monday stays a 97 percent rain day with a high of 76.5, and Tuesday's precipitation chance has risen from 20 percent this morning to 33 percent. The Weather Service still expects 1 to 3 more inches through tonight on saturated ground, with Flash Flood Warnings up for parts of Brevard County.
Orlando sat at 71.3 degrees in rain at midday on Monday, feeling like 75.1, on the station's live Open-Meteo feed — a heavy-rain day that is not finished. Monday remains a 97 percent precipitation day on the feed, now with a high of 76.5 and a low of 65.2, and the National Weather Service in Melbourne says a stalled mid-level boundary is still producing training bands of showers and thunderstorms across east Central Florida, with 1 to 3 additional inches of rain forecast through tonight and a 5 to 10 percent chance of 5 inches or more in isolated spots.
The alert posture is unchanged and serious on the coast. A Flood Watch remains in effect through 7 p.m. for all of east Central Florida, and Flash Flood Warnings remain in effect for portions of Brevard County, including areas near Titusville, Palm Bay and Melbourne, the Weather Service says. The rainfall ledger explains why: West Melbourne recorded 11.9 inches in 24 hours in an unofficial Weather Service total, Melbourne and Palm Bay took 7.5 to 9 inches, east Central Florida generally took 3 to 4 inches, and Orlando itself has recorded 1.84 inches since midnight. On already saturated soils, forecasters warn, additional rain can produce flash flooding, rapid ponding and flooding of low-lying areas and roadways.
The one number that moved against voters is Election Day's. Tuesday's precipitation chance on the station feed has climbed back to 33 percent — it had fallen to 20 percent in this morning's file — under a shower code, with a high of 81 and a low of 71.4. That is still a far better day than Monday, and the drying trend behind it is intact: Wednesday reads 85.5 degrees with a 37 percent chance, and Thursday turns mostly clear at 87.5 with the chance down to 13 percent. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday; the midday message for voters is to plan for a damp trip, not a washed-out one, and for everyone to respect the flood watch until it expires at 7 p.m. tonight.
