Cold weather: Cool weekend ahead

Updated: December 21, 2024, 12:16 p.m. EST

WE HAVE TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 40’S, DON’T FORGET THE JACKET THIS MORNING, ESPECIALLY NEAR OUR COASTAL AREAS IN THE WEST AS WELL AS IN OKEECHOBEE, INDIANTOWN AND BOCA RATON. Feel the cold at 53 degrees outside. CURRENTLY FORT PIERCE, 49. SAME IN VERO BEACH. 47 IN SEBASTIAN, 51, IN HOBE SOUND, LOWER 50S IN LANTANA DOWN INTO HIGHLAND BEACH WELLINGTON 51 DEGREES AND NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE, CLEWISTON and BELLE GLADE. MID TO UPPER 40s. And we have these northwest winds pretty calm, less than seven miles an hour last time I checked. SO IT WILL FEEL A LITTLE COOLER THAN OUTSIDE. FOR OKEECHOBEE AND ALSO FOR THE TREASURE COAST TODAY WE WILL SEE HIGHS ONLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. AFTER TWO AND 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON IT WILL FEEL VERY BEAUTIFUL, WITH LOTS OF SUNSHINE AND STILL CLOUDS AFTER THAT. UNTIL 5:00 p.m. We’ll see a cold front on the way later this evening, and that’s where we’ll see those additional clouds around 5 and 6 p.m. At its lowest point, the cold front is directly over Orlando. NOW. This will happen to us, probably around five and six o’clock in the evening. AND THEN WE WILL SEE COLDER TEMPERATURES AGAIN ON SUNDAY MORNING WITH LOWS IN THE 40S AND 50S WHICH WILL WARM VERY QUICKLY AGAIN ON MONDAY, TUESDAY AND EVEN CHRISTMAS DAY. WE WILL SEE LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. Unfortunately it will be a very warm Christmas Day. UPDATED FUTURE TRACKS SHOWS A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH TONIGHT AT 6:00 PM. The winds will shift very quickly around 130 degrees from the northeast on your Sunday, giving us a few clouds and a few showers along the coastal areas of the Palm Beaches, SO ONLY 20% CHANCE OF AN Isolated shower on a Sunday afternoon and into the evening hours today Evening until tomorrow morning. Lows in the 40s and 50s. IT’S GETTING COLD AGAIN SO YOU’LL NEED THIS JACKET IN THE MORNING. You can put it away by mid-morning. WE WILL SEE. HEIGHT IN THE 70’S ONLY. LOW TO MID 70’s. A few light showers continue on the water towards the south. NOT BAD. Seas will be less than three feet but winds will increase from Sunday to Monday with winds blowing from the northeast over the next few days. High tide after 12:30 this afternoon with low tide over the next hour. YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST. COLD WEATHER DAY ON TUESDAY AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING, AND THEN WARM UP ON MONDAY CHRISTMAS EVENING. The forecast has some rain along the coast with highs near 76 degrees. There will be scattered showers on Christmas Day, but very warm with highs near 7779. There will be another front on Thursday that will bring our temperatures down