Soggy Thanksgiving Weather Predicted For Miami Beach

MIAMI BEACH, FL — Thanksgiving is shaping up around Miami Beach and the rest of Florida as a great day to watch football and eat turkey, according to the National Weather Service.

"Low pressure and associated front will move northeast across the Florida peninsula producing unsettled weather today into Friday. Showers and thunderstorms will be increasing through the day with some becoming strong to severe," forecasters said. "Although Storm Prediction Center has northern counties under a marginal risk of severe weather, an isolated severe thunderstorm cannot be ruled out over the southern counties."

Here's your four-day forecast for Miami Beach:

Thanksgiving Day

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1 p.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4 p.m. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Southeast wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday November 24

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4 p.m., then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Southwest wind 5 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent.

Saturday November 25

Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Northwest wind around 8 mph.

Sunday November 26

Sunny, with a high near 78. North wind 7 to 13 mph.

Monday November 27

A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Northeast wind 8 to 10 mph.

Photo courtesy Miami Beach. Forecast provided by the National Weather Service.