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Tropical downpours right through the weekend as Cristobal moves northward toward Louisiana

Tropical downpours right through the weekend as Cristobal moves northward toward Louisiana
US THIS WEEKEND. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TONY MAINOLFI. TONY: THAT IS A LIVE LOOK IN NOW TOWARDS MELBOURNE, HEAVY RAIN. IT IS ALSO WORKING ITS WAY IN THROUGH THE INTERIORS. WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK, YOU CAN SEE ORLANDO, 76 DEGREES READING, THE WIND OUT OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST. LOOKING AT THE SATELLITE AND RADAR, LOOK AT HOW THE SIZE OF THIS TROPICAL STORM HAS BEEN EXPANDING THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON. THE COR OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS THROUGH HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE CLOUDS BEING FORCED TO THE NORTH AND EAST. WE HAVE UPPER-LEVEL WINDSHEAR. THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THIS RICH, DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE INDIRECT ASSOCIATION TO ALSO MOVE OUR WAY INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. LOOK AT ALL OF THIS RAIN. YELLOW, ORANGE AND RED, MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AS WE LOOK AT THE TURNPIKE, INTERSTATE 95, GOT A FLOOD ADVISORY. WE WILL SEE MORE MORNINGS COMING UP -- WARNINGS BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEKEND. DOWNTOWN I-4, 417, THE 408, YOU PICK YOUR MAJOR ARTERY, YOUR GETTING WET THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. YOU CAN SEE THE PONCE INLET, EMBRY RIDDLE, HERE IS THE WALL OF WATER FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. THE BIG CONCERN IS THE HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT TIME. NOT SEEING ANYTHING SUGGESTING SEVERE ALTHOUGH WE HAVE HAD THUNDERSTORMS IN THE 30 TO 40 MILE-PER-HOUR RANGE. THIS WILL GO INTO MARION AND FLAGLER COUNTIES. YOU CA SEE CLEARLY WHAT THE RAIN IS DOING TO OUR TEMPERATURE PROFILES. 70’S TO THE SOUTH, 80’S TO THE NORTH. THE FIRST BAND COMES THROUGH, NOT QUITE SURE I AM BUYING ALL OF THIS DYIN DOWN TONIGHT. I WILL HAVE THE UPDATE. 12 HOUR FORECAST SHOWING WE HAVE SHOWERS OUT THE DOOR IN THE MORNING. DAYBREAK TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 70’S. THERE IS A LOOK AT FUTURECAST. OVERCAST AND THEN WE GET RAIN COMING OFF OF THE GULF OF MEXICO , SOME OF THIS A BYPRODUCT OF CRISTOBAL. AND THEN INTO THE EVENING HOURS, ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. AND SUNDAY, HERE WE GO AGAIN. YOU CAN SEE THE ROUNDS OF RAIN ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF OUR DEVELOPING TROPICA STORM BREAKING AWAY AND COMING BACK TO CENTRAL FLORIDA. THERE WILL BE A GOOD DEAL OF RAIN. BACK TO TH MID--- THE BIG CORE OF RAIN IS FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. WITH ALL OF THE RAIN AROUND TOMORROW, TALKING ABOUT TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 80’S. UPDATED SEVEN-DAY FORECAST, STAYING WET THROUGH TUESDAY IF NOT WEDNESDAY. FINALLY BY THE TIME WE
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Tropical downpours right through the weekend as Cristobal moves northward toward Louisiana
WESH 2 First Alert Meteorologist Tony Mainolfi has Central Florida's forecast.

WESH 2 First Alert Meteorologist Tony Mainolfi has Central Florida's forecast.

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