Much of the state woke up to a chilly morning today, Dec. 12, and the constant east-northeast wind will keep the temperatures cool throughout the day, according to the latest forecasts from the National Weather Service. A cold front sweeping through the interior and Southwest Florida today is expected to bring a temporary blast of cooler air in those regions.
Overnight lows will be back in the high-30s and 40s in North Florida, the 50s in Central and Southwest, and the 60s and higher down South, forecasters said.
The rain is gone, but the east-northeast wind will keep roaring through the weekend with gusts up to 20-30 mph in Central and South Florida and approaching 40 mph Friday night around West Palm Beach, forecasters said. Rain is expected to return up and down the east coast Friday afternoon and evening.
Elsewhere, an Arctic blast is blowing in behind the cold front that swept up the East coast, threatening the Midwest and Northeast U.S. with brutally cold weather, feet of lake-effect snow in the Great Lakes region and wind chills as low as 35 below zero in Minnesota.
But the weather is expected to calm down by Christmas, AccuWeather forecasters said.
“Following the conclusion of the Arctic blast to end this week, relatively mild conditions are in store up to around Christmastime for much of the Central and Eastern states,” AccuWeather said Wednesday.
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- Today: Sunny, with a high near 57. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 41. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. East wind around 10 mph.
- Friday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. East wind around 10 mph.
- Saturday night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. East wind around 10 mph.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
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- Today: Widespread frost before 9 a.m. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 56. Calm wind becoming north-northeast around 5 mph in the morning.
- Tonight: Clear, with a low around 38. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 65. East-northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Friday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. East-northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Saturday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
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- Today: Patchy frost between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 58. North wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
- Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. North wind around 7 mph.
- Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. Breezy, with a northeast wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
- Friday night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Breezy, with a northeast wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
- Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 71. Windy, with a northeast wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
- Saturday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Breezy.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Breezy.
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- Today: Sunny, with a high near 63. North wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. East-northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Friday night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. East-northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 73. East-northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Saturday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. East-northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
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- Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Windy, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Windy, with an east-northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Friday night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. East-northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Windy, with an east-northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Saturday night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. East-northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. East-northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
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- Today: Sunny, with a high near 62. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. East-northeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Friday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. East-northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Saturday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. East-northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. East-northeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
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- Today: Sunny, with a high near 64. North wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. East-northeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Friday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. East-northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Saturday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. East-northeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
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- Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. East-northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Friday night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. East-northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. East-northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Saturday night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. East-northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. East-northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
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- Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 71. Windy, with a north wind 23 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.
- Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Windy, with a northeast wind 25 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.
- Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Windy, with a northeast wind around 24 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.
- Friday night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Windy, with a northeast wind 26 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.
- Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Windy, with a northeast wind 24 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.
- Saturday night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1 a.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Windy, with a northeast wind 26 to 31 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
- Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Windy, with a northeast wind 22 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.
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- Today: Sunny, with a high near 71. Wind chill values as low as 41 early. Breezy, with a north wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
- Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Northeast wind 8 to 13 mph.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 77. Northeast wind 9 to 13 mph.
- Friday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Northeast wind 8 to 10 mph.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind 9 to 13 mph.
- Saturday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 64. Northeast wind 7 to 9 mph.
- Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind 8 to 11 mph.
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- Today: Sunny, with a high near 69. Wind chill values as low as 39 early. Breezy, with a north-northeast wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
- Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. North northeast wind 7 to 10 mph.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. East-northeast wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
- Friday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Northeast wind 6 to 10 mph.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 79. East-northeast wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
- Saturday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Northeast wind 7 to 10 mph.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Northeast wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
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- Today: Sunny, with a high near 66. Wind chill values as low as 38 early. Breezy, with a north-northeast wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. North northeast wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy, with an east-northeast wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
- Friday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. East-northeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy, with an east-northeast wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
- Saturday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. East-northeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
- Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 81. Northeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
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- Today: Sunny, with a high near 63. Wind chill values as low as 38 early. North northeast wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
- Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. North northeast wind 6 to 8 mph.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 74. East-northeast wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
- Friday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. East-northeast wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Saturday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. East-northeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
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Cheryl McCloud, USA TODAY NETWORK-Florida, contributed to this story.
