Good morning everyone! It's off to a chilly start this morning with temps in the mid to upper 30's east of I-75 and in the 40's along the coast. In fact, with the wind fairly light this morning there is a chance there could be some patchy frost inland. Out ahead of our next (yep, there's another one coming!) arctic cold front, the wind will turn out of the southwest today giving us a brief pop in temps; we'll go close to 70 in many spots this afternoon. That front comes through tonight with a few clouds and maybe a sprinkle.. but more importantly, brings much colder air again to SWFL. Tomorrow looks downright cold with a lot of clouds coming off of the Gulf through most of the day and the wind up.. highs in the mid to upper 50's. A bit more sun for Wednesday and especially Thursday... with temps climbing back to near 60.
There are a signs of a pattern shift beginning as we go toward the end of the week and into the weekend.. one that will keep the jetstream farther north. I'd warn you though that in pattern shifts the forecast models often have a lot of difficulty handling them initially... so the forecast for the weekend is a little dicey right now. For now, looks like a mix of sun and clouds for the weekend with temps climbing back to near 70.
Brian
