A wind chill advisory issued for Miami and the rest of Florida. How cold will you feel?
The National Weather Service in Miami issued a wind chill advisory set to begin at 2 a.m. Saturday.
The wind chill advisory, issued Friday morning, is due to the passage of a strong cold front that will plummet temperatures Friday evening and make the Sunshine State feel as cold as Christmas where you’d generally expect to chill up north (if not quite that cold). The advisory runs through 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Forecast low temperatures across the South Florida region and nearby areas will range from the low- to mid-30s near Lake Okeechobee, upper-30s to low-40s across Southwest Florida and low temperatures in the 40s along the east coast.
But with that moderate northwesterly breeze, the wind chill — what you will feel on your skin — will fall into the upper-30s to lower-40s in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Wind chill will be in the mid- to upper-20s around Lake Okeechobee and low-30s across the Gulf coast.
Also, low- to mid-30s wind chills are expected across Palm Beach County, according to the weather service. Sanibel, in Southwest Florida, is forecast to feel 38 degrees. Forecasters say Naples will feel the freezing 32-degree mark.
Portions of East-Central Florida, including Orlando and its attractions including Walt Disney World, can expect “very cold wind chills” according to the advisory issued by the forecast office in Melbourne. Lowest wind chill could be 16 to 22 degrees north of and Interstate 4, and it will feel like 20 to 26 degrees south of Interstate 4.
Wind chill as low as 20 degrees are forecast for parts of Southwest and West-Central Florida, including the Bradenton-Tampa Bay area, according to the weather service.
Chilling on campus in Gainesville? You will be. Wind chills as low as 10 degrees are forecast in an advisory from the Jacksonville weather service office.
There’s also a high risk of rip currents across Palm Beach and Collier County beaches and a moderate risk across the beaches of Miami-Dade and Broward counties. But you polar bears really aren’t planning on swimming Friday night or this weekend, are you?
“Bundle up if traveling outside,” meteorologists at the weather service said.
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This story was originally published December 23, 2022 at 12:04 PM.
