Here's your forecast for Friday, January 10th:
After the COLDEST MORNING IN TWO YEARS, we all felt a nice warm-up as winds shifted. Temperatures ranged more than 30° between the chilly morning lows and mild afternoon highs.
IT'S OFFICIAL: This morning was the coldest in two years for Punta Gorda and Ft. Myers. Meanwhile, for Naples, it was the 3rd straight morning of 46°. With a wind shift this afternoon, we all warmed into the 70s! Quite the temperature range #flwx pic.twitter.com/2aZQntSr07
— Katie Walls, CCM, CBM (@KatieWallsTV) January 10, 2025
The warm-up is courtesy of an approaching storms system. Winds shifted and became southerly, driving in warmer temperatures this afternoon. Mild temperatures will continue overnight into the morning in the upper 50s and low 60s.
Keep the rain gear close for Saturday morning! Rain showers will be scattered between 5am-11am, as the front moves through. In the afternoon, winds will shift and become northerly. High temperatures will run in the lower 70s.
Sunday will start off in the upper 40s and lower 50s. Mostly sunny skies are expected with highs in the low 70s.
We'll see another chance for rain Monday afternoon and evening ahead of a stronger cold front on Tuesday.
DID YOU SEE SMOKE ON THE HORIZON?
We've been closely monitoring controlled and prescribed burns across SWFL. Depending on the wind direction, you may have noticed the smoke in your community. It's important to note that these are NOT wildfires. They are controlled and contained. One beneficial reason officials prescribe such burns is to to prevent wildfires later in dry season. For more on the prescribed burns in our area, click here: Florida Forest Service’s Burn Map
Smoke from the these burns will be blowing more toward the south on Saturday afternoon, following the wind shift.
FOX 4 EVENING METEOROLOGIST KATIE WALLS
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