Get ready for the coldest morning since January 16, 2023. We'll wake up to widespread upper 30s and low 40s. Factor in the wind, and it will be feeling more like the low to mid-30s for most of SWFL.
This cold snap is taking its time leaving SWFL. Wind chills tomorrow (Thursday) will be colder than today, feeling more like FREEZING across DeSoto and Charlotte counties. Lee county will feel more like the mid-30s. Even Marco will feel more like 38°! #flwx pic.twitter.com/HIxA4Ry93y
— Katie Walls, CCM, CBM (@KatieWallsTV) January 8, 2025
That why the National Weather Service has issued a Cold Weather Advisory (formerly known as a Wind Chill Advisory) for most of SWFL. It is in effect between 4am and 8am for wind chills dropping below 35°, and in some areas, as low as 31°.
High temperatures will remain colder than normal in the mid-60s with winds out of the north around 10 mph.
Friday morning will be another chilly start in the upper 30s and low 40s before southwesterly winds kick in and drive up our temperatures. Friday afternoon will be exceptionally warm in the mid-70; this is the warm surge ahead of our next cold front.
Warm temperatures linger into Saturday morning in the lower 60s, ahead of that front. That front will also bring scattered rain to SWFL between 7am and Noon. Behind that front, cooler air will begin moving in for the afternoon. Saturday may also be gusty with winds up to 20 mph.
40s return for Sunday. But, it doesn't look like the weekend front will drop our temperatures anywhere close to what we're feeling now.
FOX 4 EVENING METEOROLOGIST KATIE WALLS
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