Hard Advection Freeze Tonight For Most Of Florida

[Thomas F. Giella KN4LF]

It appears that Florida will see the coldest minimum temperature since
February 5, 1996. At 3:00 pm dewpoint temperatures have crashed into the
single digits north, single digits to teens central, 20's and 30's south and
40's in the Keys.

We will see a hard advection (windy) freeze tonight across the panhandle
north and north peninsula. The hard freeze will extend southward through the
inland rural central peninsula and inland rural south peninsula, down to
approximately the latitude of Immokalee. Coastal areas of the central
peninsula will dip below freezing with near freezing in coastal areas of the
south. Only the urban SE coastal areas and the Keys will escape a freeze.

Minimum temperature will dip to the low to mid teens across the panhandle
north and north peninsula, mid teens to low 20's inland rural areas of the
central peninsula, low to mid 20's inland rural areas of the south peninsula
down to approximately the latitude of Immokalee, upper 20's to low 30's in
inland rural areas of the Everglades.

Urban areas of the central peninsula will see the mid to upper 20's, urban
coastal areas of the central peninsula will see low 30's.
Urban areas of the south peninsula will see upper 20's to low 30's, urban
areas of the SW and SE coasts will see low to mid 30's,
with upper 30's to upper 40's on the Keys.

With the wind staying up between 10-20 mph during the overnight hours wind
chill temperatures will be between 5-10 deg north, 10-15 deg central, 15-25
deg south, 30's in the Keys. With the wind, cold protection of ornamental
plants, agriculture and citrus crops will be difficult. Tropical fish farms
are also in harms way.

Take Care,
Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF
Lakeland, FL, USA
meteorologist at tampabay.rr.com

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CoCoRaHs #FL-PK-18
NWS Skywarn #POL-10A

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