Central Florida has a high chance for rain Saturday, especially along the eastern counties, according to the National Weather Service.

The NWS in Melbourne gave the the region a 55% to 70% chance for precipitation that increases in the afternoons and evenings.

“Florida remains within the base of a sprawling and anomalous trough centered across the eastern half of the continental United States,” forecasters said. “At the surface, a relatively weak pressure gradient exists, though a stationary front sits just to our north.”

That means deep moisture pooling near the boundary that will combine with a westerly steering flow that ups the chances for storms especially along the eastern half of Florida’s peninsula.

“Typical convective hazards for late August remain in play – including the pote

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