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A persistent onshore wind pattern brought repeated rounds of coastal showers and thunderstorms to the Tampa Bay area throughout Labor Day weekend, with rain chances reaching as high as 70% on the holiday itself. Storms generally developed along the coast in the morning and tracked inland and eastward through the day, continuing a summer pattern of daily afternoon downpours that persisted through the following week with highs in the low 90s and heat index values near 100 degrees.