OCALA, FL (352today.com) – It’s going to be a wet and muggy Fourth of July weekend across Ocala and North Central Florida, with a chance of showers and storms each day through Sunday.

A low-pressure system is forming off Florida’s east coast, and the National Hurricane Center says it has a 60% chance of becoming a tropical system in the coming days. Even if it doesn’t strengthen, it will keep our skies cloudy and our rain chances high.

The good news? The system is expected to stay offshore and eventually drift northeast, away from Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Here’s your day-by-day outlook from the National Weather Service.

Independence Day: Patchy fog before 8 a.m. Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3 p.m. High near 89. Heat index values as high as 100. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7 p.m. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Light northeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2 p.m. High near 87. Light and variable wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8 p.m. Low around 73. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8 p.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

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