Heavy Rain Falls In Florida From Nearby Tropical Depression Two – National Weather Outlook For June 2, 2023

by | Jun 2, 2023 | Weather

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National Weather Forecast

We are closely tracking Tropical Depression Two in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida on Friday that’ll bring the potential for heavy downpours. This system will sag south toward Cuba over the next few days. On Friday, we’re also tracking scattered storms from the Rockies and Great Basin to the mid-section of the nation (with some snow mixing in in the higher terrain of the Rockies). A system near New England will also produce storm activity there. Several record highs could be broken from the western Great Lakes into the Northeast.

Heavy rain from that tropical system in the Gulf will impact the Florida peninsula into the weekend, with some areas seeing over 3” potentially. Another area that has the potential of 3-5” of rain through the first half of the weekend will be from the Texas Panhandle to southern Kansas.

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