By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist
September 24,2013; 9:32PM,EDT
A storm system and tropical moisture will continue to bring drenching rain and the risk of flooding to parts of Florida through the middle of the week.
While the amount of rain and the departure from normal for September varies greatly from place to place across Florida, enough rain will fall into Wednesday to spoil outdoor activities, cause travel delays and bring flooding in low-lying areas.
The rain can collect on streets and highways that drain poorly, as well as in some backyards.
The bulk of the rain will take aim over the peninsula, especially over the central counties, and in the northeastern part of the state. Some metro areas that are likely to pick up the most rain from the wet weather pattern include Tampa, Orlando, Melbourne and Jacksonville.
A general 1 to 2 inches of rain will fall with a number of locations picking up between 2 and 4 inches. A few spots could pick up an additional half a foot of rain Monday midday through Wednesday.
This will be on top of the 1 to 6 inches of rain that fell on the area since Sunday morning.
This
image shows Doppler radar estimated 24-hour rainfall in inches ending
at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 24, 2013. The red areas indicate
estimated rainfall close to 6 inches.Hernando County, Fla., was one of several counties hit with flooding Sunday night into Monday morning. According to emergency management, Sparkman Lake overflowed and street flooding occurred near Brooksville.
For people heading to Disney World, Universal Studios, Sea World and Bush Gardens, bring raingear or consider indoor activities at these parks through Wednesday.
While the weather will improve over the region Thursday and Friday, there can still be spotty drenching thunderstorm activity.
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Both a non-tropical storm and a weak tropical system will drift slowly eastward from the Gulf of Mexico to across the Florida Peninsula this week.
One of these systems could spin up a larger, stronger storm off the southern Atlantic coast this weekend.
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