Good morning! A cold front moved through the area overnight, around midnight for most locations in SWFL. This morning, a lot of clouds are lingering behind the front pre-dawn, especially south of the Caloosahatchee River. Those clouds will push to the south toward the east coast as we head toward sunrise, leaving us with a partly cloudy morning for most of the area. Later today, though, as cold air filters over the Gulf clouds will develop over the open waters and push toward our coastal communities on the heels of a strong northwesterly breeze. Plan on more clouds at the coast this afternoon compared to areas inland, with highs today ranging from the upper 50's to the mid 60's.
The coldest of the air arrives overnight and tomorrow with a partly cloudy sky and highs only in the mid to upper 50's tomorrow. After that, we begin a slow but steady warming trend as the jet stream begins to take on more of what we call a zonal configuration - a west to east pattern. We'll see a fair amount of clouds streaming overhead each day from Friday through Sunday, but that shouldn't stop highs from making it into the mid 60's Friday, near 70 Saturday and the mid 70's on Sunday. Next front gets here Monday night with some rain and much colder weather -- again! -- into the middle of next week. But hey, at least we get a break for a few days!
Brian
