Federal cuts to the National Weather Service and The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could tamper with hurricane forecast accuracy.

The NWS Melbourne warns of potential high heat index values up to 110 in Florida, advising caution and hydration.

A heat advisory is in place for the majority of Central Florida for the entirety of the afternoon and headed into the early evening.

Hurricane forecasts may be less accurate this year.That’s the warning Democratic Congressional leaders and former NOAA officials raised during a virtual press conference Wednesday. They argued it’s due to staffing and budget cuts at NOAA.

The heat index could get as high as 111 in South Florida, with the strongest heat expected along the southern Gulf Coast.

A weather system moving across Florida wasn’t even a tropical something but it has the potential to develop into a tropical depression as it moves across the Gulf later in the week

Forecasters have issued a heat advisory for Friday in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, with temperatures expected to feel like 105 to 111 degrees. The advisory is in effect from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Angler Trey Linder caught a 1,000-pound shark, which was tagged and released as part of NOAA's research efforts, on July 9, 2025 at Pensacola Beach.

Recently, the Trump administration arbitrarily fired at least 800 public servants — including many in Florida — from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These cuts don ...

As of Wednesday morning, the National Hurricane Center held the chances of the system developing into a tropical depression or storm at 40% over the next two to seven days. The greatest impacts will likely be in the northern end of the Gulf,