A heat advisory is in place for the majority of Central Florida for the entirety of the afternoon and headed into the early evening.

The NWS Melbourne warns of potential high heat index values up to 110 in Florida, advising caution and hydration.

The agency saw $200 million in cuts in President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, which compounded layoffs of newly hired employees and early retirements of career employees at the agency in February.

Forecasters have issued a heat advisory for Friday in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, with temperatures expected to feel like 105 to 111 degrees. The advisory is in effect from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The heat index could get as high as 111 in South Florida, with the strongest heat expected along the southern Gulf Coast.

A weather system moving across Florida wasn’t even a tropical something but it has the potential to develop into a tropical depression as it moves across the Gulf later in the week

Angler Trey Linder caught a 1,000-pound shark, which was tagged and released as part of NOAA's research efforts, on July 9, 2025 at Pensacola Beach.

South Florida lawmakers and top hurricane scientists are sounding the alarm over proposed federal budget cuts that would shut down key weather research facilities.

As of Wednesday morning, the National Hurricane Center held the chances of the system developing into a tropical depression or storm at 40% over the next two to seven days. The greatest impacts will likely be in the northern end of the Gulf,