Tampa weather | Muggy with possible thunderstorms
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FOX 13 Chief Meteorologist Paul Dellegatto shares the forecast for Wednesday evening which includes muggy temps and a chance for a short thunderstorm.

Experts confirm longest-ever lightning flash: Here's where

The massive lightning flash was captured several years ago, covering a record-setting distance to earn the distinction as the world’s longest.

Tropics are waking up with several areas of possible development

Right on cue with the start of August, the tropics are showing signs of life with a few areas we’re watching in the Atlantic Basin.

Tracking the Tropics: August 6, 2025
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FOX 13 meteorologist Jim Weber has the latest conditions in the tropics.

Tampa weather | Very hot and humid on Wednesday
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FOX 13 meteorologist Jim Weber shares the hot and humid Wednesday forecast as scattered storms are possible.

Tampa weather | Wednesday forecast
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FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg says another hot and humid day is on tap for the Tampa Bay area with a 40% coverage of rain and storms inland.

Tampa weather | Low 90's and sunny skies
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FOX 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber shares the forecast for Tuesday which includes more hot temps and small chances for rain.

Tropical depression could form off Southeast coast, central Atlantic later this week

Tropical Storm Dexter is continuing to move away from the U.S., but the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is continuing to monitor an area of disturbed weather off the Southeast coast and in the central Atlantic Ocean that could develop into tropical depressions later this week or this weekend.

Tropical Storm Dexter heads out as tropics heat up
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FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills is watching the tropics as they begin to wake up. She is watching three areas, including Tropical Storm Dexter, which is moving out to sea. Mills says an area off the coast of the southeaster United States has a 40 percent chance of developing over the next week. She also noted that a tropical wave emerging off the coast of Africa has a 50 percent chance of developing over the next seven days. The next name of the 2025 hurricane season is Erin.

Tampa weather | Tuesday afternoon forecast
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FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills says more robust, organized thunderstorms could form late Tuesday afternoon and evening, especially east of I-75.

Tampa weather | Tuesday forecast
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FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg says Tuesday will be similar to Monday with high humidity, scattered storms and a high of about 94 degrees in Tampa.

Tampa weather | Hot temps remain with showers this week
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FOX 13's Valerie Mills shares the weather forecast for the week ahead as rain chances grow throughout the week.

Tropical Storm Dexter forms, NHC monitoring 2 other areas in Atlantic for possible development

Tropical Storm Dexter formed in the Atlantic late Sunday – and while it's moving away from the U.S., the National Hurricane Center is also watching two other areas for possible development.

Tampa weather | Monday afternoon forecast
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FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg says there could be some showers on Monday afternoon with temperatures in the mid-90s.

Tropical Storm Dexter forms in Atlantic
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FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg is keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Dexter, which formed Monday morning in the Atlantic. He said the fourth named storm of the hurricane season is moving out to see. He is also watching a wave set to roll off the coast of Africa within the next week. However, Osterberg says the computer models are all over the place as to where it will go, so we?ll have to take a wait and see approach. He is also monitoring an area of the southeast coast of the United States that has the potential to cause tropical rain late in the week along the coast of the Carolinas and the east coast of Florida.

Today's air quality among worst globally in Midwest, Northeast

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My Safe Florida Home grant program reopens Monday. Here's how to apply

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Tampa weather | Monday forecast
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FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg says typical August heat and humidity will be the story on Monday with a 40% coverage of rain and a high of about 94 degrees in Tampa.