Experts are predicting a drastic drop in temperature this weekend. very similar to Christmas as thermometers fell to records that were among the lowest in the history of Florida.
Temperatures in the region of 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7.2 degrees Celsius) are expected next Sunday, the same as on Christmas morning, according to calculations by Larry Kelly, an expert with the US National Weather Service (NWS, for its English acronym). .
“As the weekend approaches we’ll see how it all plays out, but what’s certain is that the cold will hit,” Kelly said in a report this Thursday in the El Nuevo Herald.
However, according to the expert, this cold front will not stay in South Florida for many days as temperatures would rise until Monday.
NBS Miami meteorologist Lissette González also warned South Florida residents that “they should prepare to see how cold it will be next weekend.”
According to Kelly, the coldest night will be Saturday through Sunday morning, Kelly said, with the lowest temperature exceeding 45 degrees (7.2 degrees Celsius).
As of Sunday’s sunrise, temperatures will hover around 40 degrees (4.4 degrees Celsius) in western parts of the East Coast and near 45 degrees (7.2 degrees Celsius) in metropolitan areas, the weather forecaster said.
Kelly’s forecast warns that the Lake Okeechobee area could experience very little wind chill.
This weekend’s cold front is also reaching the normally warmer Florida Keys.
In this area, temperatures will drop rapidly from 78 degrees on Friday (25.5 degrees Celsius) to 55 degrees, about 12.7 degrees Celsius.
Beaches across South Florida are at increased risk of rip currents over the weekend, according to the NWS.
During the last Christmas in the state Florida historical low temperatures were recorded during the passage of an unusual Storm wintry.
On Sunday, December 25, at least 0.5 degrees Celsius was reported at the city of Tampa’s International Airport, a temperature equivalent to that of Christmas 1966 and believed to be the fourth coldest since 1890 that weather records were kept.
Tampa’s coldest Christmas was in 1983, when thermometers there read 20 degrees Fahrenheit (-6 degrees Celsius).
On that day, temperatures in Tampa fell below freezing for the first consecutive day since January 2010.
Also in the city of Miami, where the heat seems to dominate all the time, thermometers showed temperatures of 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius) this Sunday morning.
The NWS also confirmed this in the morning of that Sunday partially melted snowflakes were observedknown as sleet, near the Rockledge, Viera, and Merritt Island areas of Brevard County.