ORLANDO, Fla. – So Florida once again saw yet ANOTHER repetitive bout of thunderstorms and localized severe weather for our Friday evening.

It was all thanks to another cool boundary working its way in from up north, having been pulled across our neighborhood by a developing area of low pressure just off our east coast.

We saw some gusty winds, pockets of hail, and some power outages as a result! Others saw very heavy rainfall in quick bursts thanks to the more organized storms that rocked through the peninsula.

Finally, today has been absolutely GORGEOUS! Clouds are fair, temperatures aren’t too hot but not too cold. All is well in the weather world. Or is it?

Looking ahead, despite the rhythm we’ve followed for a few weeks now, it looks like the large-scale pattern doesn’t support weekend barrages of severe weather. Truthfully, none of our models show a big shot for rain anytime soon.

High pressure stretching westward across the Atlantic will make its way into the Sunshine State providing us with nothing more than just that – consistent SUNSHINE.

Dew points and humidity may try to come up some, but with a lack of a solid trigger to form showers or storms we’ll be looking at a scarcity of rain for the next 7-14 days.

Our different computer models to include; the GFS, the Euro, the National Weather Service blend of models, all pinpoint the next likely hit of rain to occur as we prepare to enter the last several days of the month.

This means from now until possibly April 23 or 24, we won’t get much in terms of substantial rain.

Unfortunately, drought conditions will continue to rise, with some of us already feeling severe drought effects as of the latest update to our drought monitor.

We’ll also have to watch closely and be very aware of how we put out cigarettes, take care of electrical equipment, leave any flames unattended, or how we smother them because wildfire risks will be climbing too.

Down the road, the summertime heat will also have us cooking not this upcoming week but the following.

Thankfully, where there’s heat there’s usually a storm system that comes along shortly afterward.

Let’s all keep our fingers crossed that’s truly the case, otherwise summer may make an early entry for us here in Central Florida well before the calendar says its due to arrive!