WDW Weather Forecast - May 30-June 14, 2014
I'll update this first post each day with the forecast (though I'll occasionally miss a day), both long and short term. As a general rule, up to 7 days is a pretty accurate forecast, beyond that it's educated guessing and largely dependent upon how well the models are doing at that moment, which is why I call it "voodooland." If you have any specific weather questions or comments, even if it's for an area other than WDW, please post and I'll answer throughout the thread. I'll also post weather tidbits every so often. If you want to see the exact conditions for your travel dates over the last few years, go to our historic weather page in Info Central here. Without further delay, let's get to the forecast:
Weather at WDW - Update Friday pm, May 30, 2014
Once again the high will be near 88 with afternoon thunderstorms firing up. Tomorrow and Sunday highs will again be 85-87 with a good chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. Monday and Tuesday highs will be 83-85 with sea breeze thunderstorms continuing to pop up in the afternoon. Wednesday and Thursday the chance of afternoon showers is still there, but those chances decrease some with a little less humidity. The high will be 85-87. Now, it's interesting to note that a couple of models have Wednesday through Friday staying in the 70s as a backdoor front moves in. We'll have to keep an eye on that but for now I'm staying with the warmer temps. Friday will be around 85 with a good chance of a brief thunderstorm.
Long range...June 7-8 look pretty stormy as a tropical storm moves into Tampa and then across central Florida. Keep in mind this is all voodoo until a storm actually forms. June 9-14 highs stay in the mid 80s with a good chance of a sea breeze thunderstorm each afternoon.
Travel Impact :plane: :truck: :drive:
Minor delays in Chicago today due to high winds. No major issues tomorrow.
Any of you who are nervous about flying, especially related to turbulence, go here and here to learn a lot about turbulence and other issues that sometimes cause anxiety when flying. Hopefully all of this will help you relax and enjoy the trip to WDW more!
Tropics :fan:
The GFS continues to develop some type of tropical feature in the Gulf of Mexico toward the end of the week with the Euro (ECMWF) doing the same thing. That's the two most reliable models giving the same solution. Both models leave it meandering around in the Gulf out to at least 240 hours with weak steering currents. Seems like a decent chance it becomes our first depression or storm of the season, but it remains to be seen if it will impact WDW. For the past couple of days the models bring the storm in near Tampa, which would have a significant impact on WDW but until the storm actually forms there's no telling where it might end up.
