Jeff Huffman
MeteorologistJeff Huffman is Chief Meteorologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville. In addition to his full-time position at the university's radio and television stations, WUFT-FM/TV and WRUF-TV, the latter of which he co-founded, Huffman also provides weather coverage to public radio stations throughout Florida
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The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season was the third most active on record, but Florida was largely spared significant impacts and the last two months of the season were strikingly quiet. -
Significant coastal and inland flooding is expected along the First and Space Coasts, heavy rain is likely across North Florida, and strong storms are possible across South Florida from this storm Friday and Saturday.
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The entire state of Florida is at some level of risk for wind damage or a tornado over the next 24 hours. Here's a look at when the storms are most likely to arrive in your region. -
Temperatures are expected to be 5 to 10 degrees cooler Sunday and Monday across a large portion of Florida thanks to a noticeable fall front. -
A generally quiet week of weather is expected across Florida, despite multiple systems being watched nearby in the tropics. -
Sam rapidly intensified overnight and is forecast to become a major hurricane over the weekend. While models suggests Sam may stay out to sea, it is still too soon to credibly predict whether there will be impacts to Florida. -
Tropical Depression Eighteen formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean Wednesday afternoon and is likely to become a long-lived hurricane. It is not possible yet to be confident this storm will turn out to sea like Peter and Rose, or Hurricane Larry before it. -
Floridians usually have to wait much longer than the first day of autumn for that "fall feel" in the air. That won't be the case this year for those living north of I-4, as a noticeable cold front surges in. -
Two days of heavy rain prompted flood watches and warnings across the northern third of Florida this weekend. That heavy rain risk will shift south this week, while the tropics stay active but non-threatening. -
Tropical Storm Fred was gradually gaining strength and slowing down as it approached the Florida Panhandle Monday morning, with landfall expected near Panama City Monday afternoon.
