Hurricane Rafael forms in Caribbean as path heads toward Cuba
Rafael, the 18th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, became a hurricane on Tuesday evening as it approached the Cayman Islands.
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Rafael, the 18th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, became a hurricane on Tuesday evening as it approached the Cayman Islands.
Winds will increase out of the east 15 to 20 miles per hour with gusts as high as 30 miles per hour. The sun will set earlier at 5:37 p.m., due to Daylight Saving Time ending this weekend.
It's a balmy high 70s to low 80s in South Florida with intermittent showers that are expected to increase next week.
Sunday brings a pleasant end to the weekend, with lower humidity and mainly dry conditions.
Low rain chances and mid-80 degree weather makes the next few days a great time to be out and about in South Florida but beware of rip currents at the beach.
For trick-or-treating on Thursday, most will remain dry with a breeze out of the east and temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s.
Sunday brought another nice day of weather to South Florida.
NEXT weather meteorologist Dave Warren is looking at continued nice weather.
CBS News Miami's meteorologist Dave Warren's weather outlook for South Florida.
Across the tropics, newly formed Tropical Storm Oscar will pose no threat to Florida
Residents of Florida's Gulf Coast are digging out from mountains of sand after Hurricanes Helene and Milton clobbered them with back-to-back hits in less than two weeks.
A wind advisory is in effect for coastal Broward and Miami-Dade Counties as winds could gust as high as 35 mph.
It is mainly dry now but later on, expect some showers to move in across parts of South Florida.
Today marks the first official day of the seven-month dry season for South Florida with about 30% of our total yearly rainfall.
Today will kick off a drier stretch of weather that will continue through the end of the work week.
After rough conditions, it will be nice this week with lower temperatures, less rain chance and calmer winds.
Chances of rain will be minimal throughout the week.
Rain chances will be a little lower on Monday, then decrease even more for the rest of the work week as a Fall front moves through the state of Florida
Expect more rounds of on-and-off rain and storms. Eastern Broward and Miami-Dade counties remain under a level 1 (out of 4) risk for flooding today.
South Florida highs settle in the mid-80s with scattered showers
Tony Brazzale expected Hurricane Milton would be a "nonevent" for his family.
Miami-Dade and Broward are under a wind advisory.
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A flash flood warning is out for Miami-Dade County through Sunday afternoon.
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Jim talks to Karla Hernandez-Mats, the President of the United Teachers of Dade, about the special election vote held among teachers which soundly defeated efforts of The Freedom Foundation, a right-wing think tank, to decertify the county's teachers union.
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