ORLANDO, Fla. – The last couple of months have been a roller coaster in every sense of the analogy when it comes to the weather in Florida.

March brought with it weekend after weekend of strong thunderstorms, and even a few destructive tornadoes.

April turned the tides almost entirely, drying our state out while also increasing the risks of brush fires at a steady rate.

I suppose it seems fitting that Mother Nature decided to throw yet another wrench in the repetitions we’ve been building over the back end of April.

Now, the threat for powerful thunderstorms is in the forecast for some of us in the Central Florida peninsula.

Our next storm system has finally put a significant dent in the prevailing ridging that was present during the latter part of April. That same ridge had been responsible for leading us into severe drought conditions, which likely resulted in the browning of the majority of our lawns.

On examining the satellite, you can observe the extension of a trough and cold front at the surface moving toward us. This system has already produced numerous strong storms, including confirmed tornadoes following its path.

Now, in our local area, we aren’t expecting a widespread instance of powerful storms or a bunch of tornadoes. So take a sigh of relief!

However, as this will help trigger a revival of our afternoon sea breeze, certain areas in Marion, Sumter, and Lake, as well as along the east coast from Flagler down to Brevard counties, may need to be on alert for quick, isolated spin-ups.

We’ll likely start to see rains settling in first thing Sunday morning for our western counties. Then, throughout the warmest portions of the afternoon, the front, combined with daytime heating, should keep lingering showers and storms across a majority of us.

Around sunset as the cold front approaches our eastern shoreline, some strong storms are possible for Flagler, Volusia, and especially Brevard counties.

Stay tuned for more as we breakdown all the latest data and get you geared up to tackle a return to heavy rains and lightning in your neighborhood.