A heat advisory has been issued for Miami-Dade and Broward counties for Monday and will be in effect noon to 6 p.m. South Florida also was under a heat advisory on Friday. Although the weekend was scorching hot in the region, the National Weather Service in Miami didn’t issue heat advisories for Saturday and Sunday.

The NEXT Weather team is tracking a 50-60% chance of scattered showers and storms in the afternoon on Tuesday, favoring Broward and Miami-Dade counties, as moisture moves in from the east. The chance of rain will drop after sunset. On Wednesday and Thursday, there is a 50% chance for scattered showers and storms.

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

The heat index considers the actual temperature and amount of moisture in the air using the dew point or relative humidity.

Heat is on NEXT Weather A Heat Advisory has been issued for Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties until 7 p.m. Friday with a heat index range of 105 to 108 degrees.

South Florida is under a heat advisory from noon until 7 p.m. Friday, the first time the National Weather Service in Miami is using a new lower threshold that forecasters and Miami-Dade officials ...

In Florida, except for Miami-Dade County, the National Weather Services offices around the state would issue a heat advisory if the heat index is expected to reach 108 to 112 degrees. The National ...