A cold front punching in to South Florida will cause daytime temperatures to fall over 20 degrees in a matter of hours on Wednesday, forecasters are predicting. It’s been a warmer than usual week so far, but weekend morning lows could be in the mid to upper 40s.
It will be a warm week in South Florida, with forecasters calling for temperatures to reach the low-80s each day this week until Friday, when a front is expected to bring scattered rain showers and cool us down.
South Florida's dreary, wet weekend is the result of a cold front that is the tail of a record-breaking, deadly storm raging on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean where the UK is being battered by hurricane-strength winds and 100-foot waves.
South Florida's above average temperatures will last through most of Friday before another front arrives with some likely showers. After that, it will be mostly dry through the weekend with more seasonable temperatures.
A storm system that has dumped several inches of rain over parts of the South will move into Florida during the next day. The front will be moving into the region late Thursday and early Friday.
A Super Bowl in Miami gives out-of-towners an instant vision of palm trees and perfect temperatures. But, judging by the cold-shocked iguanas we woke up to this week, South Floridians know the weather can vary from what you see on the postcards.
Strong thunderstorms from the Gulf of Mexico will roll through South Florida tonight, and could bring damaging winds, isolated tornadoes and flooding with them, followed by a cold front, according to the National Weather Service.
Some people in Palm Beach County and along the Treasure Coast were sharing images of what looked like snow during Wednesday's very cold weather. Weather experts say it was something else.
Get out the snow shovels, South Florida! Not for snow, of course, but to clear your pool decks and driveways of all those stunned iguanas. We exaggerate, but only slightly. Check out the photos of all the passed-out lizards we saw this morning.