The wind chill advisory ended Sunday morning. Don’t put the sweaters away yet, South Florida
The good news for disappointed tourists and shivering residents of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach County and their beaches: the low temperatures for Sunday night/Monday morning won’t be as low as they were Saturday night/Sunday morning, according to National Weather Service forecasts.
The bad news: it’ll still be space heater cold by South Florida standards.
The NWS said Sunday morning base temperatures dipped to 36 degrees in the Redland area of Miami-Dade and Palm Beach cities Loxahatchee and Palm Beach Gardens and a northern 28 over in Naples. The wind chill pushed temperatures down to 38 in Miami, 34 at 6:53 a.m. at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport and 30 at West Palm Beach International Airport.
Highs Sunday are forecast to be 63 across Miami-Dade and Fort Lauderdale, 62 in Sunrise/Western Broward, 61 across Palm Beach County.
In the areas closer to the ocean, Sunday night/Monday morning lows are expected to be around 54 in Miami Beach, 52 in the city of Palm Beach, 49 at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. But inland, NWS is talking about 47 in Kendall and Hialeah, 44 (wind chill of 41) in Naranja and the Redland, 45 in Sunrise and 43 in Palm Beach Gardens. A freeze warning and frost advisory will be in effect Monday morning.
If you insist on swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, NWS says there’s a high risk of rip currents off Palm Beach sands, a moderate risk off Miami-Dade and Broward beaches.
That means swim near a lifeguard. Don’t swim against a rip current if caught in one. Relax and float until you can swim in a direction that follows the shoreline. If you can’t get out, call or wave for help.
Oh, and those iguanas aren’t dead.
This story was originally published January 30, 2022 at 9:39 AM.
