West Palm Beach Weather: Thunderstorms in the Forecast for Monday and Election Day
West Palm Beach stays warm and mostly cloudy through the final day of early voting on Sunday, then the station's live forecast turns stormy — thunderstorms are in the forecast for both Monday and Election Day on Tuesday.
West Palm Beach was 76.8 degrees and mostly cloudy on Saturday night in the station's live Open-Meteo feed, with Saturday's high at 82.6 degrees and a 29 percent rain chance on the day. Sunday, Nov. 1 — the final day of early voting in Palm Beach County — is forecast at 80.5 degrees with a low of 74.9 and a 39 percent rain chance, the driest day left in the weekend window before the pattern changes.
The change arrives Monday. The live forecast carries thunderstorm code for Monday, with a high of 78.3 degrees, a low of 75.3 and a 70 percent rain chance, and thunderstorms remain in the forecast for Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3, with a high of 82 degrees, a low of 77.1 and a 59 percent rain chance. Wednesday keeps a thunderstorm code as well, at 78.2 degrees with a 39 percent rain chance, before Thursday turns mostly cloudy and warmer at 85.4 degrees.
For voters, the practical read is timing. Early voting sites in Palm Beach County are open Sunday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 28 locations, ahead of the stormier Monday and Tuesday pattern, and clocks fall back an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, giving the county an extra hour before the final early-voting day begins. Election Day polls are open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and voters heading out in the morning or after work should plan for wet roads if the thunderstorm forecast holds.
