Florida faces drenching rain into the weekend

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Heavy rain will soak the Sunshine State later this week and into the weekend as a storm swings out of the Plains and along the Gulf coast.

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00:02 - It's been a tough week across the Southeast

00:06 after a deadly tornado outbreak on Saturday, December 9th.

00:10 15 tornadoes now confirmed across Middle Tennessee

00:14 and Southern Kentucky.

00:15 This a devastating outbreak, and again,

00:18 deadly with two tornadoes specifically.

00:20 An EF3, the only EF3 counted so far,

00:24 that moved through Montgomery County,

00:25 right through the city of Clarksville

00:27 into Southern Kentucky,

00:28 and then an EF2 tornado.

00:30 You can see the reports back here in Davidson County.

00:33 This went through the town of Madison,

00:34 sadly killing three people as it did.

00:37 Now, of course, we're gonna keep you updated

00:38 on this story here on inaccuweather.com,

00:41 but I do wanna show you what comes next.

00:44 It's a beautiful day in the Southeast.

00:46 For those recovering from this weekend,

00:48 for those who just need a break, who need some vitamin D,

00:51 sunshine is widespread today, high pressure's in charge,

00:54 and for so many people,

00:55 it's gonna be pretty comfortable for early December.

00:58 You can see Louisville, Nashville, Huntsville, and Knoxville

01:01 all in the 50s today.

01:03 Nashville verging on 60 degrees,

01:05 a little above the historical average high,

01:07 sunshine widespread.

01:09 Now, I do wanna look back to the sunshine state here.

01:11 Orlando, Jacksonville, Tampa, and Tallahassee,

01:13 you can see temperatures in the 60s and 70s,

01:16 but you'll notice Tampa and Orlando, a couple extra clouds.

01:19 What is happening here?

01:20 Well, by the time we get to Wednesday afternoon,

01:22 it's even more in the way of clouds,

01:23 and look at Miami, South Florida,

01:25 a couple of thunderstorms back in the picture.

01:28 I wanna mention most of the Southeast,

01:29 crystal clear, more sun, comfortable temperatures,

01:31 but Florida, you've got some problems.

01:33 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday,

01:36 an onshore flow helping to not only make things windy,

01:39 we could see rip currents all of those days,

01:41 Wednesday again, all the way to Saturday,

01:43 and we could have rough surf as well,

01:45 and we're also watching for heavy rain and thunderstorms.

01:48 Watch over the next couple of days.

01:49 Let's play out future rainfall,

01:50 and you can see how Florida, ready?

01:52 We ramp up, we ramp up, and bam, there it is.

01:54 All the moisture across the Sunshine State,

01:57 the yellows and oranges representing

01:59 the heaviest of the rain,

02:00 compared to, let's say, the Gulf Coast,

02:02 across even the Panhandle,

02:03 where, yeah, there's some heavy rain at times,

02:05 it's just a little lighter than the peninsula itself,

02:07 but here's the trick to this forecast.

02:09 It's not all bad news.

02:10 We actually really need rain across Florida,

02:13 especially along the I-75 corridor.

02:16 Now, while it might be a little bit wetter

02:17 along the 95 corridor,

02:19 the rain that we get along 75 from cities like,

02:22 let's say, Tampa, down through Sarasota,

02:24 even Fort Myers, will help with the drought.

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