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Fourth of July weekend forecast in Tampa Bay: be prepared for afternoon showers

 
The view from downtown Tampa on Friday morning. [10Weather WTSP]
The view from downtown Tampa on Friday morning. [10Weather WTSP]
Published July 1, 2016

Your holiday weekend forecast is just about as expected for a Florida summer as red white and blue is for the Fourth of July. Be prepared for the possibility of afternoon showers or storms around Tampa Bay.

"It's Florida in the summer," said 10Weather WTSP meteorologist Ashley Batey. "We're pretty consistent this time of year."

[10Weather WTSP forecast | Tap to enlarge]

Temperatures are expected to stay around the 90s. The chance of rain is at 30 to 40 percent daily through the next seven days — including July Fourth on Monday.

That means you may want to be ready to move your party inside or grill in a poncho. Batey said the possibility of mid-afternoon showers stretches through the entire long weekend.

By dinner time, any rainy weather should move inland toward Polk and Hardee Counties, Batey said.

Hopefully that means skies will be clear in time for evening fireworks.