Irene Sans
Multimedia MeteorologistIrene Sans is an Emmy-winning, AMS-certified meteorologist (CBM, CDM) with more than 15 years of experience covering severe weather and climate stories across the U.S. and Latin America. A bilingual communicator and digital leader, she has delivered forecasts and science content for TV, radio, social media, and top weather platforms including Weather & Radar, WFTV, Telemundo, and The Weather Company. She has also served as Deputy State Meteorologist for Florida and consulted internationally on tropical forecasting and climate communications.
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Flash flood risk continues throughout the Labor Day Weekend. Avoid flooded roads. -
Periods of heavy rain are coming to the Sunshine State. We need the rain, but these amounts could also produce flash floods throughout the rest of the week.
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Yes, record heat is forecast across Florida, but storms may also affect parts of the state as the ground remains very dry. -
Although a trough will be around the Peninsula, there will also be an influx of Saharan dust into the state, but it will stay mainly across South and Central Florida. -
East winds bring moisture to the Peninsula, with inland thunderstorms, while southerly winds send Panhandle temperatures soaring. -
While parts of Central and North Florida have seen heavy rainfall, many areas remain well below normal after two months of the rainy season. -
A stationary front and deep moisture in the atmosphere will bring several days of heavy showers and thunderstorms, keeping the threat of flash floods across the northern half of Florida this week. -
Flash flood risk along Florida's East Coast, as there will be some slow movers. Widespread showers and storms for the beginning of the week. Higher rain chances remain focused over the areas experiencing the worst drought in Florida. -
Temperatures could feel as high as 113F to start the week, with conditions changing later as more rain and storms return to the forecast. -
The Peninsula had drier-than-usual conditions as Bertha was west of the state. The wind also left less hot afternoons across the western portion of the Peninsula, but as we wave goodbye to Bertha, rain and heat return to Florida. Let's look at this week's forecast. -
Tropical Storm Bertha slowly drifts west-northwest across the northeastern Gulf of Mexico toward southeastern Louisiana. While strong wind shear is expected to limit rapid intensification, Bertha will bring prolonged tropical-storm-force winds, storm surge, and heavy rainfall to portions of the Florida Panhandle, the central Gulf Coast, and southern Louisiana through midweek. -
Tropical Depression 2 is set to become Tropical Storm Bertha as it travels mainly due west during the next few days. Gulf waters are warm and could strengthen this system if it stays well away from the Gulf Coast.
