National Weather Service

No threat is seen from a low pressure area in the Central Atlantic.

The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for portions of Southwest and South Florida until 8 p.m. on Monday.

More temperatures in the 100s were forecast in the southern parts of Southwest Florida on Sunday.

A Hazardous Weather Outlook was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday for portions of southwest Florida, west central Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico.

A Hazardous Weather Outlook has been issued for portions of Southwest Florida, West Central Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico.

The National Weather Service issued a Heat Advisory Wednesday afternoon.

The group called The SanCap Citizens for a Resilient Future held a third townhall on Monday, May 15, on Sanibel. The focus this time was to assess the emergency response on the islands and the lessons learned after Hurricane Ian. Two themes emerged: pivot and evacuation.

Gilbert Green is not an ordinary storm chaser. A software engineering major at Florida Gulf Coast University, who is also minoring in physics and mathematics, Green spent the summer of 2022 chasing and photographing lightning around Southwest Florida.

Counties in Florida have started calling evacuation orders and opening shelters as Nicole approaches.

In 2010 the Southwest Florida county changed from a ‘Just in Case’ to a ‘Just in Time’ protocol for emergency management to avoid “over-evacuation.” The protocol was followed -- with potentially deadly consequences.