Here is your forecast for Monday, December 9th, 2024
It's been 19 days since we've received accumulating rainfall. It looks like that streak will break on Wednesday with our next cold front.
Ahead of that front, temperatures through Wednesday morning will be exceptionally warm and mild. Southerly winds will drive up the temperatures and dew points.
Overnight, we may see areas of haze and fog in wind-protected areas, though I am expecting most locations to have a light wind around 5mph, helping to prevent dense fog from becoming widespread.
Tuesday will feature morning lows in the low 60s with highs in the low and mid-80s. Partly to mostly cloudy skies are forecast with southerly winds between 10-15 mph.
TOMORROW'S RED TIDE FORECAST: This is the time of year that we deal with Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) i.e. Red Tide. Based upon southerly winds tomorrow, there's a moderate risk of irritation for southward facing beaches, especially on Sanibel. #flwx pic.twitter.com/lvoPjZxGeg
— Katie Walls, CCM, CBM (@KatieWallsTV) December 9, 2024
Wednesday will start off even milder with warm, southerly winds. The first half of Wednesday stays dry. Showers and storms are expected to move through SWFL from the north to the south between 3-10pm.
Behind the front, much cooler air arrives for a day. We start off Thursday in the 40s and only climb in the upper 60s for highs as it will stay breezy with gusts to 25 mph.
The cold snap is brief. Friday we warm up to average with highs in the upper 70s before returning to the lower 80s this weekend.
FOX 4 EVENING METEOROLOGIST KATIE WALLS
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