Monday, November 9, 2026 — The Miami Metropolis daily briefing: the day’s lead story and Miami’s weather in one place. A warm, partly cloudy Monday is ahead for South Florida, the king-tide flood statement expired this morning with no active alerts, and today’s lead is the arrival of the world’s largest cruise ship in Florida.
Today’s Lead Story: The World’s Largest Cruise Ship Arrives in Florida
Note: the homepage Lead Story slot still held yesterday’s Headline & Weather edition at gather time, so the freshest major South Florida story is headlined instead.
A floating city has arrived in South Florida. Royal Caribbean’s Legend of the Seas is bringing massive entertainment, water attractions, dining and more to Port Everglades. Would you sail on a ship this big?
Read the full story: The World’s Largest Cruise Ship Arrives in Florida
Miami Weather: Partly Cloudy and Warm, No Active Alerts
No weather alerts are in effect for Miami today. The Coastal Flood Statement issued by NWS Miami at 1:19 AM EST this morning, covering Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami-Dade County for isolated minor coastal flooding, expired at 9:00 AM EST this morning and has not been renewed. Weather.com also lists no alerts for this locale at run time.
Otherwise it is a warm Monday: partly cloudy at midday at 83°F and feeling like 88°F, humidity around 64%, east winds around 8 mph, and about a 20% chance of rain, turning mostly cloudy tonight. Today’s high: 85°F. Tonight’s low: 76°F. Sunrise was 6:34 AM; sunset is 5:34 PM.
Tomorrow — Tuesday, November 10: partly cloudy, high 83°F, low 76°F, rain chance about 20%. Sunrise is 6:35 AM and sunset 5:33 PM. The days ahead stay partly cloudy: Wednesday high 83°F, Thursday high 82°F, then a cooler Friday with a high of 78°F and a low of 62°F as cooler air arrives.
More of Today’s Top Stories
- JetBlue raises baggage fees
- Tesla plans to wind down Cybertruck production.
- State Department offers to pay for information about Iran’s nuclear program
- BREAKING: Stephen Miller to REPLACE Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff
Weather data from The Weather Channel (weather.com) / National Weather Service Miami. Miami Headline & Weather is The Miami Metropolis’ daily briefing, published late morning.
