PALMETTO BAY, FL — Thanksgiving is shaping up around Palmetto Bay 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 Palmetto Bay:

Thanksgiving Day

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Light southeast wind becoming south 8 to 13 mph in the morning. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Source: www.patch.com