Forecast - thunderstorms next 10 days

[belle1986]

We are leaving early in the morning, driving from NC. What should we expect? Thanks

 

[jetdoctor]

It's supposed to pour rain non stop almost the entire week starting sometime tomorrow night or Monday through next Sunday when we leave. I'll do the Parks in rain, but can't do it in torrential down pours.

Unfortunately it's going to be a huge waste of money. Can't even swim in the pool at our rental home.

As said after Friday night that tropical storm will move out. Plus it's tracking more north now. After that it's back to normal isolated storms.
We live here in town and we go very often. We try and watch the weather but in my opinion the forecasters for the summer weather a very hit or miss. I would just say after Friday it's back to afternoon and late afternoon rain chances. It could rain 5 miles in one spot and not a drop where you are.
There are tons of weather apps but I like WESH 2 app the interactive radar is pretty spot on. I used that the other night. It looked like the end of the world storm. But the rain was about 10 miles away we had light rain for about 20 minutes. Central FL is very hit or miss don't be discouraged.

 

[anonymousegirl]

I am arriving on Sunday night for a few days. I am wearing my Keens or Tevas and intend to laugh in the rain--I am from California so you need to know 2 things 1-we actually do sing in the rain because it is so rare, and 2- we have no idea how bad a torrential rain storm/thunderstorm can be! All you FL natives are probably ROTFL and saying-"just you wait, girl"

 

[pinkgirlmommy]

We are supposed to fly in Saturday morning since it was a last minute trip and flights were too high Friday. Would you say the flights on Friday from Houston to Orlando might be affected? I have the opportunity to move it to Friday, but would that be silly when the storm is going to be going to North Florida on Thursday night/Friday? Thanks!

 

[tinkerbella16]

We are supposed to fly in Saturday morning since it was a last minute trip and flights were too high Friday. Would you say the flights on Friday from Houston to Orlando might be affected? I have the opportunity to move it to Friday, but would that be silly when the storm is going to be going to North Florida on Thursday night/Friday? Thanks!

We are flying in Saturday morning from Philly, and we aren't changing anything. It should be gone by then hopefully. We're flying Southwest, and they are making me nervous having Sept 3rd on their advisory list and Orlando. Other airlines don't even include Orlando on their list, or 9/3. We are just going to keep our plans as they are and hope nothing needs to change.

 

[Christinaxo]

We are flying in Saturday morning from Philly, and we aren't changing anything. It should be gone by then hopefully. We're flying Southwest, and they are making me nervous having Sept 3rd on their advisory list and Orlando. Other airlines don't even include Orlando on their list, or 9/3. We are just going to keep our plans as they are and hope nothing needs to change.

We are flying in Saturday morning from Boston and I checked our Jetblue flights and there are no advisories for 9/3 either. And the advisories that were listed did not include MCO as well. So fingers crossed Saturday is in the clear and we all get there safely!

 

[YankeePrincess]

I hope you all have safe travels!!!

 

[Jadyreen1282]

Southwest has advisories posted for all flights to Mco from 9-1 to 9-3.

 

[kandb]

We are leaving Jacksonville at 7pm on Saturday night and flying to NYC. Do any flights flying out of Jacksonville on Thursday and Friday get cancelled? Is it possible our flight on Saturday night will be delayed due to this storm?

 

[kandb]

Southwest has advisories posted for all flights to Mco from 9-1 to 9-3.

What doe advisories mean? We are at Disney and friends of ours are here and leaving tomorrow from MCO at 9pm. They are concerned they will be affected. Do you think they will? They are flying to NJ.

 

[lovedisneycruise]

What doe advisories mean? We are at Disney and friends of ours are here and leaving tomorrow from MCO at 9pm. They are concerned they will be affected. Do you think they will? They are flying to NJ.

Southwest will let them change their flights for no additional cost if it's listed under their travel advisory – and tomorrow at MCO is Part of that advisory. Honestly, if I were your friends I would change it to at least Friday, if not Saturday.

ETA: If not, they need to keep a close eye on their flight status in case it is possibly delayed or canceled anyway. At least if they change the flights on their own, they are not stuck sitting at an airport for hours If the airline does delay or cancel It.

 

[tinkerbella16]

Southwest has advisories posted for all flights to Mco from 9-1 to 9-3.

Every other airline does not list MCO on their advisory list. Southwest is the only one of course lol. Hope they update it and we have no problems flying in on Saturday!

 

[karasmom]

Our initial plan was to leave Friday afternoon around 1ish and drive to Ocala. (We always drive there and the last hour in the morning to have a full first day at the resort)!

We are about 2 hours south of Atlanta and will hit i75...

I am really concerned about driving into tons of rain/some wind. I know it's supposed to make landfall Thursday night/early Friday morning...

Any insight? Should we still leave as planned or wait a few more hours and leave around 5/6 pm (which I really wanted to avoid due to extra traffic)...

 

[Jadyreen1282]

How can there be an advisory when the chance of rain is 20% on Thursday night as of 9 CST tonight?

 

[cgh]

We were there in January where they got 3.5 inches of rain in 24 hours. Still had a blast. Do you have ADRs? In the summer the rain isn't as bad.

 

[CounselorX]

NOAA is now predicting that the tropical storm will turn into a hurricane before it makes land fall, when it will pretty quickly fall back into a tropical storm.

 

[ZackWx424]

Our initial plan was to leave Friday afternoon around 1ish and drive to Ocala. (We always drive there and the last hour in the morning to have a full first day at the resort)!

We are about 2 hours south of Atlanta and will hit i75...

I am really concerned about driving into tons of rain/some wind. I know it's supposed to make landfall Thursday night/early Friday morning...

Any insight? Should we still leave as planned or wait a few more hours and leave around 5/6 pm (which I really wanted to avoid due to extra traffic)...

At 7AM Friday, the storm will be over Tallahassee continuing northeast into South GA. I would watch the radar closely, once the storm's center is on I-75, you can leave because the worst will be long gone by the time you make it there. If I had to give you a time, it would be 3-4 in the afternoon. Now your only worry is what condition will that area be in after the storm, flooding etc.

I'm a meteorologist so you can trust me! This is partially a joke and true.

 

[wendow]

Every other airline does not list MCO on their advisory list. Southwest is the only one of course lol. Hope they update it and we have no problems flying in on Saturday!

I am so glad Southwest did list MCO on their advisory list. Allowed us to move our Thursday 7pm arrival to today at 7pm. We are here and now enjoying ourselves rather than being stressed. Last hour of our flight was turbulent and it was dumping buckets earlier. I think tomorrow will be pretty nasty out but I think those with Friday or Saturday travels will probably be ok unless Hermine keeps stalling.

 

[ZackWx424]

All of you wondering about flights into MCO, I think most will not be impacted. Thursday afternoon will be the worst for central Florida as the storm makes its closest approach to Orlando. Once landfall occurs over the Big Bend area early Friday morning, things across central FL should quickly go back to the normal summer pattern.

 

[wendow]

All of the radars show it no where near Orlando.. obviously it will still effect Orlando a bit but I dont think theres reason to freak out. Am I the only one surprised that this many people are panicking? Its september... in florida... this happens every year.....

Maybe I'm the crazy one but I just don't see anything to worry over!

I don't think we panicked in moving our flight from tomorrow to today. In fact, several Southwest employees and FL locals told us it was a smart decision. We just wanted to be able to actually get here. Now we are here and not worried about the rain at all!

We have been here this exact week many times and never had this happen to us...