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A historic November deluge brought at least 22-30 inches of rain to Florida's east coast, with some locations exceeding NOAA's 1-in-1,000-year rainfall thresholds. As a powerful El Niño develops, the extraordinary flooding raises questions about what lies ahead for Florida's normally drier months.

Isaias strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane on Friday and is expected to make landfall near Pensacola by Saturday morning.

Gradual development is possible this week, but it will likely take the whole week for anything to develop. Rain across Florida this week is due to a front and local effects.

Following the Autumnal Equinox, the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) predicts above normal rainfall totals and temperatures across the entire state of Florida.

Tropical Storm Fay formed southwest of the Azores in the northeast Atlantic, but there is no direct threat to land.

An upper-level low that will move across Florida late during the week and over the weekend will help to increase moisture and erosion to east coast beaches.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a disturbance in the central Atlantic, but the system poses no threat to the U.S. and faces an uphill climb for development.

Periods of heavy rain are coming to the Sunshine State. We need the rain, but these amounts could also produce flash floods throughout the rest of the week.

Tropical Storm Dolly formed on Aug. 27 but less than 24 hours later it degenerated into a tropical wave, east of the Caribbean islands.

While parts of Central and North Florida have seen heavy rainfall, many areas remain well below normal after two months of the rainy season.