Orlando weather: Temperatures plunge as cold blast sweeps across Central Florida
Orlando Weather Forecast: Historic cold this weekend 10s and 20s
FOX 35 Storm Team Senior Meteorologist Noah Bergren is tracking record smashing cold coming to central Florida this weekend into early next week.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Temperatures overnight turn cold once again, if not even colder than what we're seeing this morning.
A Freeze Warning is in place for nearly all of Central Florida from 12 a.m. to 9 a.m. Lows will fall into the upper 20s to the low and mid 30s.
A FOX 35 Storm Team Alert is active Wednesday and Thursday for the cold nights and mornings, with freeze warnings nightly for parts of the area.
Wednesday forecast
What To Expect:
This stretch of cold continues, specifically for Wednesday and Thursday mornings.
Lows will fall to near or below freezing, which has already prompted freeze watches and warnings for the next two mornings.
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Even under sunny skies, temperatures will be below-average. Plan for highs to only reach the low 60s on Wednesday with a repeat of the same patter on Thursday.
Temperatures will approach the mid 60s for highs Friday before an even bigger drop in temperatures arrives by the end of this weekend.
Weekend outlook
Looking Ahead:
Temperatures could dip into the low-mid 20s with wind chills in the teens or lower. This would shatter daily records, and depending on how cold it gets, be one of the coldest in years. This will be the coldest temperatures and stretch of weather since 2010.
A FOX 35 Storm Team Alert is active for Sunday and Monday of the coming week for potentially record cold.
First on Saturday, a few rain showers arrive during the morning and midday as our cold front arrives.
It will get very windy Saturday afternoon, evening, and overnight with wind gusts 30–40+ mph at times.
Saturday's highs will only reach the mid 50s and by Sunday, we could see some of the coldest air felt in years.
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A FOX 35 Storm Team Alert has been issued for both Sunday and Monday for the chance of record cold temperatures.
Potential highs Sunday may only reach the mid to upper 40s. More notably, lows Sunday and Monday morning are expected to fall into the 20s.
Coldest consecutive lows in years
Sunday morning and Monday morning will be the 2 coldest consecutive lows in 16 years.
That's two hard freezes in a row for Orlando, which is a one-two punch for many, many tropical plants in people's yards.
Some varieties of palm tree (queen, cocoa and foxtail) will be damaged and may die, and especially north of Orlando, exposed pipes like in pool plumbing, irrigation lines, etc may freeze.
The Source: This story was written with information from the FOX 35 Storm Team.