July 24, 2008, 5 a.m.

Many areas of Central Florida had an active day yesterday in the shower and thunderstorm department, with some picking up 2 to 4 inches of rainfall. 

We are trying to slide back to a more traditional weather pattern, though rain chances will run slightly above the normal range as we move through the afternoon and early evening hours.  Sunshine will help push temperatures to the upper 80s and low 90s before the thunderstorms  have another chance to fire up. 

After some evening activity, look for skies to slowly clear out during the overnight with lows dropping to the mid 70s.  As we we move through your Friday and the weekend ahead, we will be backing off a bit on the rain chances, though each afternoon will deliver scattered showers and thunderstorms. Look for the traditional weather to continue in to the middle of next week. 

Dolly will lose strength as it continues to push to the west, though heavy rains continue through parts of south Texas again today.  The rest of the tropics look fairly quiet, with one tropical wave pushing off the coast of Africa still having the chance for some development over the next few days.