Tampa Bay airports warned Monday by Florida’s chief law enforcement officer to comply with a state law passed this year that bans weather modification are still untangling the new set of rules, officials said.

What if someone could predict exactly where a hurricane will strike — and claims to be right 90% of the time? :tornado: Meet David Dilley, a Florida meteorologist behind Global Weather Oscillations, who charges $400 a year for ultra-specific hurricane forecasts.

Florida is enduring its hottest stretch of the summer, with heat advisories covering much of the state as heat indices soar to between 100 and 115 degrees. Residents and visitors are urged to stay hydrated and seek a well air-conditioned location as the extreme heat is expected to persist through the weekend.

A disturbance near Florida could evolve into a tropical depression or Tropical Storm Dexter this week, according to forecasters.

Heat indices are at least 103°F across much of Florida, with lower-than-average storm chances. The National Weather Service in South Florida, specifically the Miami office, has issued a heat advisory which will remain in effect until 6:00 p.

Florida's Attorney General James Uthmeier jumped in to amplify the misinformation - citing a newly passed Florida law banning loosely defined "weather modification" practices that climatologists say have nothing to do with increasingly severe weather events.

A wet and rainy Florida could soon see even more precipitation in the coming days, according to the National Weather Service, which has warned the Gulf Coast will face a flood-generating system that could form into Tropical Storm Dexter.

A weather system moving across Florida wasn’t even a tropical something but it has the potential to develop into a tropical depression as it moves across the Gulf later in the week.

In September 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida as a Category 4 storm and caused nearly 150 deaths, according to the National Hurricane Center. It was the costliest hurricane in Florida’s history, experts say.

The BriefToday begins what will be a sweltering weekend across Central Florida. Highs today will soar into the mid 90s for inland areas and closer to the low 90s along the Atlantic coast. Shower and storm chances will be lower today than days prior.