Tag Archives: Panhandle

A frontal boundary slowly began tracking through the Florida Panhandle Thursday night. Abundant moisture will increase ahead of the system causing rounds of heavy rain and isolated severe storms Friday through Sunday. Precipitation chances will increase through Friday morning, but the widespread, heavier showers are expected Friday afternoon and evening. …

Downpours and gusty thunderstorms could impact pre-Thanksgiving travel across parts of Florida. A cold front that extends from a stronger storm system over the Ohio Valley and Mid Atlantic is to blame for the unsettled forecast. On Tuesday morning, a developing storm system was centered near Illinois and Indiana. A …

Strong winds and heavy rain are forecasted to impact most of Florida through the end of the week. Two developing storm systems, one over the Gulf of Mexico, the other over the southwestern Caribbean are to blame for the unsettled weather. On Tuesday morning, an area of low pressure was …

Kimberly Moore, 55, of Interlachen, is in her second year with long COVID. After getting infected for the first time, her life hasn’t been the same. “Before COVID, I was chopping down trees, building a deck, working 10 hours a day, coming home and dealing with all my animals,” Moore …

Counties across Florida are in fierce competition to claim a unique title — the winner of the peanut butter challenge. The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is holding the Peanut Butter Challenge throughout October. The challenge encourages community members to donate jars of peanut butter …

Jasmine Brown, an Ocala mother of four, has been on waitlists at some local daycare centers for almost two years. Unable to find a program she can afford that could enroll her 1- and 3-year-old sons together, she’s split them between two different centers this year. The 29-year-old single parent …

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring an area of low pressure in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico where conditions are only marginally favorable for tropical development. However, this system is expected to merge with a frontal boundary in the Gulf by Wednesday morning. The combination of these two features will cause a …

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