THAT’S HEADED INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TONY MAINOLFI IS TRACKING IT ALL. TONY LET’S BEGIN LOCALLY AND THEN WE WILL GET TO THE TROPICS. OCALA SQUARE, GOOD SHAPE. A WARM AFTERNOON. IT STILL FEELS LIKE 90 AT 6:20. RAIN NEAR FORT MYERS. WE THINK WE WILL SEE AN UPTICK IN RAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WE HAVE HAD SPOTTY SHOWERS NEAR LAKE APOPKA. LOOKING AT THE TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE, LOW 80’S AT THE BEACHES. LOW TO MID 80’S INLAND. TEMPERATURES THIS TIME OF YEAR ARE BEGINNING TO COOL OFF. ONE OR TWO SPOTTY SHOWERS. A MI NIGHT. 11:00, 76. IN THE MORNING, 72 TO ABOUT 76. A GOOD START. HERE COME THE CLOUDS AND SHOWERS AT NOON ALONG THE COAST WORKING INLA BY 3:00 THROUGH 7:00 COULD BE SHOWERS IN MARION COUNTY THAT ADD UP TO HEAVIER RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. WEDNESDAY MORNING, COASTAL SHOWERS WILL WORK INLAND. OVERALL COVERAGE WEDNESDAY IS LOWER THEN TUESDAY. 30%. AFTERNOON HIGHS TOMORROW, MID-80’S INLAND. 85 TO 90 INLAND. WE WILL BE CLOSE TO BREAKING RECORDS BUT WILL LIKELY FALL SHORT. WITHIN TWO TO FOUR DEGREES OF TYING RECORD HIGHS. AS HIGH PRESSURE IS NEARBY, IT IS KEEPING ZETA AWAY FROM US AND ACCELERATING IT IN TANDEM WITH A COLD FRONT THAT WILL CHANGE OUR ENVIRONMENT FRIDAY. ALONG THE TRACK OF ZETA, SIGNIFICANT RAIN. LOCALLY, ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR FIVE DAYS BUT NOTHING LIKE WHAT YOU WILL SEE TO THE NORTH AND WEST. IT’LL FEEL GOOD THIS WEEKEND. WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE SURFACE. WE ARE MONITORING TH WIND ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF ZETA AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTH AND WEST. OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA THIS EVENING. 25 FOOT WAVES APPROACHING COZUMEL WILL MOVE INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTH, LANDFALL PROBABLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACRO LOUISIANA. THE REASON THE STORMS HAVE MOVED TO THE WEST IS THE BERMUDA HIGH. IT HAS BEEN WARM BUT WE HAVE BENEFITED FROM STORMS STAYING AWAY FROM US BECAUSE OF THE BERMUDA HIG NEAR RECORD HEAT THREE THURSDAY. FRIDAY, CHANGES START. SATURDAY, GOOD. WE FALL BACK ONE HOUR SATURDAY