ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s the FINAL countdown! Cue this iconic keyboard instrumental as we get closer and closer to New Year’s Eve 2024.

There’s a twist, though: We Central Floridians have one last potential, rigorous cold front and storm system to overcome.

The overarching low pressure system and frontal wave that we have highlighted in recent discussions has indeed begun, unleashing an onslaught of destructive weather for people from Texas to the Florida Panhandle and Georgia as you read this article. The same feature will reach us on Sunday.

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Rain is already creeping in from the south, and thanks to the jet streams supporting our severe weather outbreak in the northwest, even more rain is beginning to fall to our west in the Gulf of Mexico. This area of ​​moisture is more or less on a collision course with the inward rocking frontal band, with the low pressure now bending back to the northeast.

Everyone is likely to get some rain today. How much will depend very much on the condition of the front line as it runs over water along the coast of the Central Florida Peninsula. Our biggest risk for anything stronger than a typical rain shower remains to the north. Marion, Putnam, Flagler and possibly Volusia counties should remain vigilant during the early to mid afternoon hours today.

As you walk out the door to church or breakfast this morning, the sky is quite cloudy and it won’t start raining until 10-11 a.m. at the earliest. Our highest amounts are expected to reach us today between shortly after noon and around 4-5 p.m. Again, the likelihood of not only heavier rainfall appears to be greatest in our northern counties, but there is also the possibility of a few thunderstorms that could try to get a little stronger by the time the sun comes in responds in the first half of the day.

Projecting what we are currently seeing on radar, we can assume that there may be an all clear as the sun sets and we approach 7pm in our central counties. Then the east coast will probably be navigable at around 8 p.m., more or less.

Dry air is filling in QUICKLY behind the back end of this front, but we won’t be cooling as much as before. Fortunately, the humidity will drop slightly and the sky will be clear on New Year’s Eve.

Then the chance of rain increases again, albeit slightly, as we near the end of the week and another cold front approaches. Thanks to this first wave of improved weather, this feature will not have the same characteristics as the one we are facing now. Therefore, less rain but more cold air for the first weekend of 2025.

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