The National Weather Service in Melbourne issued a Frost Advisory that remained in effect for Lake and inland Volusia counties through 9 AM today. Temperatures dipped as low as 35 degrees, fostering frost formation. Despite the sun’s best efforts, residents north of the I-4 and along the interior will witness patchy frost each morning until Friday arrives to lift the chilly curse slightly. Mariners take heed—it’s rough out there on the Atlantic, with hazardous conditions expected to redevelop tonight and persist through Thursday.
In their chilling play-by-play, weather officials sketch out a scene of remarkable consistency: cold airs that will stick around, teasing with a brief warmup on Saturday, but like a well-loved melody stuck on repeat, turning colder again come Sunday and clinging to central Florida through the following week. Wind chill has already taken a short vacation to the mid to upper 30s range across most of the region; our breath is visible, our hands seeking the warmth of our pockets, and the Treasure Coast feels slightly less of that frigid pinch with temperatures hovering in the low to mid-40s.
The daytime forecast won’t do much to thaw frozen hopes for balmy weather, with today’s highs capping at the low to mid-60s, then overnight plunging back into the low to mid-30s, commanding patchy frost to take the stage once again, especially in the northern and western stage that is I-95 north of Martin County. As skies clear, Thursday might call for another Cold Weather Advisory because efficient radiational cooling is forecasted, and those looking skywards on Thursday morning could very well be greeted with wind chills ranging from the upper 20s to mid-30s, as the National Weather Service reports…