Overview
- Showers build into widespread afternoon and evening downpours Monday as a cold front moves in, with South Florida seeing more than 50% coverage and Central Florida near 70%.
- Overnight and early-morning rain has already flooded Interstate 4 in Osceola County, closing a stretch to traffic and signaling a messy commute.
- The boundary is expected to stall over South and Central Florida, training rounds of rain through Wednesday and Thursday before easing into the weekend.
- Multi-day totals of several inches are possible, with forecasters citing 3 to 7 inches in spots that could ease drought in places but raise the risk of urban flooding and slower travel.
- Coastal impacts escalate with a high rip-current risk and large breakers of about 8 to 12 feet at Atlantic beaches, alongside gusty onshore winds near 20 to 25 mph.