Here is your forecast for Wednesday December 11th, 2024
Temperatures are beginning to fall, after a cold front moved through SWFL this afternoon and evening, bringing us our first measurable rainfall in three weeks!
The big story will be the cold air arriving tonight. In that front's wake, morning lows will drop into the 40s, but with gusty winds, most of the area will wake up to wind chills in the 30s!
The very cold wind chills have prompted the National Weather Service to issue its FIRST "Cold Weather Advisory". This replaces the former "Wind Chill Advisory". It's in effect from 4am to 8am Thursday for DeSoto and inland Sarasota counties, where wind chills could drop to 34°.
The breezy conditions will persist overnight through Thursday with gusts to 25 mph out of the north. Those winds will shift and become easterly on Friday and Saturday, gusting to 22 mph.
Friday we warm up a bit with highs in the mid 70s and over the weekend our highs will climb into the upper 70s to near 80°.
FOX 4 EVENING METEOROLOGIST KATIE WALLS
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