Cold weather alerts are in place across much of Florida ahead of the arrival of plunging temperatures in time for the holiday weekend. A powerful cold front was sending much of the nation into a deep freeze Thursday afternoon, and that front has the Sunshine State in its path. While wind-whipped snow may not be an issue Floridians have to

A widespread hard freeze is likely in portions of the Panhandle and North Florida on Friday night as an Arctic chill arrives before the holiday weekend. The winter solstice was Wednesday, and it appears that Mother Nature received the memo. A powerful cold front was plowing through the nation’s midsection Wednesday afternoon, with widespread heavy snow and blizzard conditions across

A strong cold front is forecast to move through the state and could lead to severe storms capable of producing damaging winds and tornadoes later in the week. The risk for severe storms in Northeast Florida will likely arrive around midday Thursday. Storms are expected to exit the east coast by late Thursday afternoon. Surface analysis Monday afternoon depicts a

Florida is looking at a warmer and drier than average winter season according to outlooks from NOAA. This follows a trend of higher-than-average temperatures in the last month and a drought persisting on the Panhandle due to low precipitation rates. Hurricane Nicole helped alleviate dry conditions mostly across Central and North Central Florida. Chris Fuhrmann, a regional climatologist for the

La Niña is expected to lead to a warmer and drier winter across Florida during the upcoming winter season for the third consecutive winter. For only the third time since record-keeping began in the late 1800s, a “triple dip” La Niña event is expected according to the latest outlook issued by the Climate Prediction Center. This occurs when La Niña