The Flood Watch Ends Monday Evening; the Coastal Flood Advisory Runs Through Tuesday, and Wednesday Turns Wet Again
South Florida's rain bands are done for tonight — the station feed reads overcast and 76.5 degrees — but high tides keep the coastal advisory in force through Tuesday, and the next round of showers is already showing on Wednesday's line of the forecast.
The flood watch that governed South Florida's Monday has run its course. The watch, in effect across all of South Florida through Monday evening, covered a day of rain bands moving onshore with the National Weather Service in Miami expecting additional rainfall of 1 to 3 inches and localized totals of 3 to 5 inches in the heavier banding — the kind of setup whose main impact is street flooding in flood-prone areas. By tonight's read of the station's live feed, the day is closing overcast at 76.5 degrees, feeling like 83.2, with Monday's line settling at a high of 82.3, a low of 75.3 and a 48% precipitation mark that tells the story of the day that was.
What remains is the water that does not need rain. The coastal flood advisory along the east coast of South Florida stays in effect through Tuesday, which means the flooding risk on Tuesday is tidal — bayfront and coastal streets that go under at high tide even under a dry sky. Tuesday's own forecast supports the distinction: overcast (code 3), a high of 82.3 and a low of 75.7, with the rain chance down to 27% from Monday's 48. The county's standing guidance still applies wherever water covers a road: turn around; six inches of swiftly moving water can sweep a person off their feet.
The next organized rain signal is Wednesday. The station feed codes Wednesday for showers (code 82) with the week's highest remaining precipitation chance at 57%, a high of 80.5 and a low of 73.2 — an Election Day that stays mostly dry, followed by a wet Wednesday morning commute window to plan around. Thursday reads overcast at 36%, and the weekend dries out (Friday code 53 at 4%, Saturday code 51 at 4%), with Sunday warming to a high of 85.4. Tonight's headline is the handoff: rain risk down, tide risk on, and one more wet day midweek.
