Cold Rain Expected Statewide Today...Strong Cold Front Will Cause Below Average Temperatures for Rest of the Week...Patchy Frost or Light Freezes Possible Across Northwest FL Tonight...Elevated Rip Current Risks for Most FL Beaches Today

A low pressure system and its associated cold front will move across the state quickly today and bring North Florida a quick shot of cold rain in the morning before producing scattered showers over Central and South Florida this afternoon. Severe weather is not expected today and due to the fast moving nature of the front, rainfall amounts will be on the light side. Rainfall accumulations will only reach up to an inch across the western panhandle, 0.75 inches across Central Florida, and less than 0.5 inches across the rest of the state. Most rainfall activity will diminish overnight but isolated showers will continue to linger across the Keys, Northeast and South Florida tonight. Strong winds of 20-25mph will quickly shift to the north behind the cold front.

Although the cold front is not strong in the ways of producing severe weather, it is very strong in terms of temperature change. Clouds will clear up significantly behind the cold front and much colder air will push into the state behind the frontal boundary tonight. Several hours of below freezing temperatures are possible across Northwest Florida away from the coast. Wind chills tonight will fall to the mid to upper 20s across Northwest Florida and upper 30s across North Florida.

High temperatures today will reach the upper 50s to low 60s across Northwest Florida, low 60s across Northeast Florida, mid 60s across West-Central Florida, low 70s across East-Central Florida, mid 70s across Southwest Florida, and upper 70s to low 80s across Southeast Florida. Overnight low temperatures will drop to the upper 20s to low 30s across Northwest Florida, low 40s across Northeast and East-Central Florida, mid 40s across West-Central Florida, and mid to upper 50s across South Florida.

River flooding continues across North Florida, and minor river flood warnings are in effect for Escambia, Shoal, Choctawhatchee at Caryville, Apalachicola, Ochlockonee, St Marks, Aucilla and Santa Fe Rivers. A moderate flood warning is in effect for the Choctawhatchee River at Bruce.

At the coast, strong wind flow and increasing swells ahead of the incoming cold front will produce a high risk of rip currents across Northwest Florida and moderate risks across Southeast, Northeast, and West-Central and Southeast Florida beaches today.

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