National Weather Service

A heat advisory is in effect for the tip of the South Florida area until 6 p.m. Tuesday.

A heat advisory is in effect for the entirety of the Sunshine State on Monday, July 8.

Severe weather season is here and now is a great time to learn some enhanced features from your local National Weather Service that is designed to help keep you safe when storms approach.

An large area of disturbed weather is located over Central America, the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, and the adjacent waters of the northwestern Caribbean Sea and southern Gulf of Mexico, according to a forecast from the National Hurricane Center.

Although the Atlantic hurricane season doesn't start until June 1, the National Hurricane Center begins issuing tropical outlooks on May 15.

With inland temperatures projected to drop to 40 degrees or lower for an extended period in Southwest Florida, Lee and Charlotte counties made plans Tuesday afternoon to provide cold weather outreach and shelter access.

The National Weather Service is hoping the test will familiarize students and teachers with safety protocols in the event a tornado is imminent.

Southwest Florida is in the midst of an abnormally dry to moderate drought.

Two systems are currently of interest in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.

The Sunday evening forecast from the National Hurricane Center reported location and movement of Tropical Storm Emily, Tropical Storm Franklin and Tropical Depression 6.The NHC forecast other systems being watched, with TS Emily, TS Franklin and TD 6 making moves to head out into the Atlantic. Meanwhile, a Gulf-bound system continued toward the west coast of Mexico.