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Orlando’s heat is sticking around, but storm chances are climbing. Stronger storms could bring lightning, gusty winds and heavy downpours Friday and this weekend.

Orlando sees light winds Thursday, September 10, with showers and storms covering 50% to 60% of the area before storm chances climb this weekend. Coastal trips come with seas of 2 to 4 feet and a Moderate Risk for rip currents.

Heavy rain and fog greet Orlando Wednesday before gusty winds and sunshine take over. Then the weekend turns stormy again.

Coastal showers may arrive by sunrise Tuesday, with greater inland chances after noon as heat indexes reach around 100 to 107. Stronger winds and a wetter pattern are ahead through the weekend.

Orlando could reach 93 degrees Monday before afternoon thunderstorms bring heavy rain, lightning and gusty winds. A stormier pattern is expected through the weekend.

Orlando’s clear Sunday morning will give way to 92-degree heat and afternoon thunderstorms. Heavy rain, lightning and gusty winds are possible.

Clear skies will not last long in Orlando. Afternoon thunderstorms, heavy rain and heat indexes near 103 degrees are lined up through the weekend.

A Saharan dust wave is reaching South Florida just as Atlantic hurricane activity remains unusually quiet.

Orlando will heat up to 93 degrees Thursday before afternoon thunderstorms move in. Heavy rain, gusty winds and a heat index near 103 are possible.

Orlando starts Wednesday clear and muggy, but storms move in after 2 p.m. The wet pattern sticks around through the weekend with heat, lightning and flooding concerns.

Orlando starts clear Tuesday before afternoon thunderstorms bring heavy rain, lightning and a localized flooding threat. More hot, stormy weather is lined up through the weekend.

Orlando starts Labor Day under cloudy skies with an immediate morning rain risk, while storms are expected to build through the afternoon with heavy rain, lightning and gusty winds possible.