The weather could be severe Sunday night after a quick warm-up in Tampa Bay on Saturday.
National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center said Sunday there was a slight risk of a serious thunderstorm in the Tampa Bay area (two of six threats). In the Big Bend region, predictors expect slight risks of bad weather (3 of the six threats).
Nicole Carlisle, a meteorologist with the Meteorological Department’s Tampa Bay office, said the storm is likely to arrive Sunday evening. Thunderstorms pose a threat of wind damage and an isolated tornado. Weather services expect up to an inch of rain from the storm.
“There’s a slight risk north of Tampa Bay,” Carlisle said of the forecast center’s warning. “If it gets slightly enlarged the next day, you won’t be shocked.”
The stormy route moving on Sunday in Tampa Bay will be the end of a tough, multi-day weather system that cleans the country that could cause blizzards, fires, tornadoes and floods, according to the Associated Press.
Tampa Bay Fridays hover in the mid- to mid-80s, sunny and warm. Temperatures could reach the late ’80s when St. Patrick’s major day event occurs in Tampa Bay on Saturday. In Tampa, mercury can rise to 87 degrees. This will be the hottest day ever.
On Sunday, highs fell into the mid-80s before thunderstorms.
By Monday morning, the showers have cleared the area, and daytime temperatures cool down to the low ’70s, then the next day it will be in the low ’80s.
