Saturday afternoon storms expected; tracking Bonnie and Colin

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Your Fourth of July weekend looks very summer-like with highs in the 90s and daily afternoon storms.

Scattered storms stay in the forecast throughout the week as Caribbean moisture surges across the state of Florida.

In the tropics, we’re tracking Bonnie over Central America along with what is now Tropical Depression Colin just offshore of the Carolinas. Neither storm poses a threat to Southwest Florida.

The 10% wave behind isn’t expected to develop but will bring higher rain chances to our area midweek next week.

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Wednesday morning brings a chance to see a few stray sprinkles. By lunchtime, a few showers will begin popping up before quickly developing into heavy showers and storms by 2 p.m.

Isolated storms, near-record heat Wednesday afternoon

Isolated storms are primarily expected for inland areas Wednesday, beginning in the late afternoon and lasting until tonight.

More Thursday afternoon storm chances for inland SWFL

Chances for rain and storms hold off until the late afternoon and evening nearly exclusively for our inland areas Thursday afternoon

Friday highs in the 80s, 90s with inland afternoon storms

Isolated showers and storms are in Friday’s forecast. These will mainly stay inland (east of I-75) and stick around from Friday afternoon into the night. Severe weather is unlikely, although cloud-to-ground lighting is possible within the strongest of our storms.