Overview
- A strong front Monday delivered storms, wind and rain, followed by a rapid drop in temperatures across Central and South Florida.
- Daytime highs hold in the upper 50s to low 60s, roughly 20 to 25 degrees below normal for mid-March.
- Orlando’s forecast near 60°F threatens the daily record for lowest maximum of 61°F set in 1901, with several sites running near record cool highs.
- The National Weather Service posted frost advisories for parts of North and Central Florida, including western Clay and Putnam, Bradford, Marion, Alachua and Gilchrist counties.
- Northerly winds are producing hazardous boating and a high rip-current risk along the Atlantic coast through the week, even as temperatures trend back to the 70s by midweek and near 80 by the weekend.