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Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Friday, January 30, 2026
Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
Meteorological Summary:
- Another chilly start to the day today with temperatures in the 20s and 30s across North and Northeast Florida gradually warming up ahead of our next frontal system.
- Out next frontal system and cold front will bring a few isolated showers onshore the Panhandle and Big Bend later this morning (20-30% chance of rain).
- Isolated to widely scattered showers will also stream onshore the Florida Keys and Southeast Florida later this morning and into the early afternoon hours (25-40% chance of rain).
- Otherwise, a mostly sunny and dry day is expected across the state.
- Winds will remain generally light today, though ongoing drought will still encourage sensitive to locally elevated wildfire conditions.
- High temperatures in the upper 50s to middle 60s can be expected in North Florida and lower 70s in Central and South Florida.
- The cold front will continue to sweep across the state tonight with a few isolated showers possible across Northeast and Central Florida (15-30% chance of rain).
- In the wake of the frontal passage, lows will quickly drop into the middle 20stolower 30s across the Panhandle. Lows in the middletoupper 30s are also expected across the Big Bend and interior Northeast Florida.
- Breezy winds will develop after midnight across the Panhandle, with gusts upwards of 30 mphby daybreak Saturday.
- These winds will bring wind chillsinto the middle teenstolower 20s across the western Panhandle where an Extreme Cold Warningis in effect.
- A Cold Weather Advisory is in effect for portions of the eastern Panhandle and Big Bend tonight.
- Lows in the upper 40s to upper 50s are expected through Central and South Florida.
- A moderate risk for rip currents is expected for Panhandle and East Coast beaches today, with a local high risk along Palm Beach County beaches.
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Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Thursday, January 29, 2026
Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
Meteorological Summary:
- Temperatures and wind chills in the 20s and 30s, stretching into interior South Florida, will gradually warm up through the morning hours.
- Cold Weather Advisories andFreeze Warningswill remain in effect until mid-morning.
- A mostly sunny day is expected statewide with dry conditions prevailing.
- Relative humidities will dip below critical thresholds across North Florida and the western Peninsula this afternoon (20-30% RH values).
- Although lighter winds will limit the overall wildfire threat today,sensitive tolocally elevated wildfire conditions cannot be ruled out, especially in areas experiencing the most severe drought.
- The breeziest winds will be along the Southeast Florida coast where wind gusts upwards of 20 mph are possible.
- Temperatures will warm up into the upper 50s to lower 60s across North Florida, with middle 60s to lower 70s throughout Central and South Florida.
- Dry conditions will prevail overnight, though a light coastal shower cannot be ruled out at the southern tip of the Peninsula and Keys (20-30% chance of rain).
- Lows will dip into the 30s across North Florida, with localized patchy frostdevelopment. A Frost Advisory will likely be issued for portions of Northeast Florida tonight.
- Lows in the middle 40s will spread across Central Florida and upper 40s to lower 60s throughout South Florida.
- With light winds overnight, wind chills across the state will be near or warmer than actual temperatures.
- A moderate risk for rip currents is expected for most East Coast and Panhandle beaches. A local high risk is expected for Southwest Florida beaches.
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Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Wednesday, January 28th. 2026
Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
Meteorological Summary:
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Freeze Warnings andCold Weather Advisoriesremain in effect across most of the state through the mid-morning hours due to another cold start and elevated wind chills.
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A few isolated showers have developed just off the Southeast Florida coast this morning and may drift onto the immediate coastline of the Southeast Metro this afternoon and early evening (15-30% chance of rain).
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Despite the sunshine lingering wind gusts of 10-15 mph may make conditions feel slightly cooler than the actual temperatures.
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High temperatures this afternoon will return to the 50s across North Florida, upper 50s to lower 60s across Central Florida and middle to upper 60s across South Florida.
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Those afternoon feels-like temperatures will remain in the middle 40s to lower 50s across North Florida and lower to middle 50s across Central Florida this afternoon.
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Widespread freezing conditionscan be expected again tonight even with temperatures slowly warming up.
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Low temperatures will fall into themiddle 20s tolower 30sacross North Florida and along the Nature Coast,lower to middle 30sacross interior Central Florida, with the coasts remaining closer to theupper 30s, and theupper 30sto upper 40s across South Florida tonight.
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Freeze Warningsare expected to go into effect for much of Northeast Florida and the interior Peninsula tonight and through the early morning hours on Thursday.
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Trends will be monitored throughout the day to see if conditions will allow for Hard Freeze conditions along the Panhandle and extend Freeze Warnings into the area.
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Feels-like temperaturesnear sunrise Thursday morning will remain in themiddle 20s to lower 30sacross much of the state through interior portions of Southwest Florida.
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Cold Weather Advisorieswill extend beyond Lake Okeechobee tonight and into Thursday morning forsub-freezing to freezing wind chillsexpected.
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Ocean swells along the East Coast continue to dissipate but will lead to wave heights remainingelevated near 3-5'withinstances of 6'possible along the Southeast Florida coast.
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Amoderate risk for rip currentslingers nearly statewide, with ahigh riskalong Southeast Florida.
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Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Tuesday, January 27th, 2026
Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
Meteorological Summary:
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It’s a cold start this morning across the Sunshine State as arctic air has made its way southward. Feels-like temperatures this morning are in the teens and20sacross North Florida and the 20s and30s across Central and into South Florida.
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Extreme Cold Warnings remain in effect until 11:00 AM EST/10:00 AM CST across the Panhandle and Big Bend as temperatures and wind chills very slowly warm up.
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Cold Weather Advisories throughout the rest of the state will remain in effect until the mid-morning hours.
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Conditions will very slowly warm up today, but it is still expected to be below normal temperatures across the state. Even with plenty of sunshine high temperatures will only be in the 40s across North Florida, 50s in Central Florida and 60s across South Florida.
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Lingering breezy winds and the slow warm up will create feels-like temperatures in the upper 30s to lower 40s across the I-10 corridor and the middle 40s to lower 50s through the I-4 corridor.
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Another cold and clear night can be expected across the state. Low temperatures will fall into the 20s throughout North Florida, lower tomiddle 30s across Central Florida andupper 30sto lower 50s across South Florida tonight.
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Freeze Warnings will likely go into effect again tonight across Northeast Florida and portions of Central Florida.
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Feels-like temperatures will fall into the 20s and lower 30s across North and Central Florida towards Lake Okeechobee by sunrise Wednesday morning. Even interior Southwest Florida will see feels-like temperatures in the 30s.
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Cold Weather Advisories will go into effect tonight throughout the Peninsula and may extend into Northeast Florida.
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Very dry air settling into North and West Florida, along with lingering elevated winds on top of ongoing drought conditions, will lead to sensitive to elevated wildfire conditions.
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Large ocean swells off the Peninsula coasts will createwave heights of 3-5'along the West Coast and4-8' along the East Coast.
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Amoderate to high risk for rip currentscan be expected to persist nearly statewide.
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Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Monday, January 26th, 2026
Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
Meteorological Summary:
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A major shift in the weather pattern can be expected today as arctic air makes its way into the state.
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Its a cold start this morning across the Panhandle, and it isn't going to warm up much today, as arctic air has been moving into the region behind Sunday's cold front.
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The cold front will finally push through the Peninsula today bringing isolated to widely scattered showers along with it (25-35% chance of rain).
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Arctic high pressure over the U.S. Plains will usher much colder and drier air into the state, and it will remain here for the next several days.
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On top of this, gusty winds of 15-20 mph will persist across the state throughout the day with stronger wind gusts of 20-30 mph along the Panhandle.
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The combination of the colder air moving in and elevated winds will cause feels-like temperatures to struggle to reach above the teens and 20s until about midday - Extreme Cold Warning until 12:00 PM CST.
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Temperatures across the Panhandle and most of the Big Bend to struggle to reach 50-degrees.
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The rest of Northeast Florida and the Nature Coast will see high temperatures closer to the 50s. Central and South Florida will reach the 70s to middle 80s.
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A very cold night can be expected withhazardous low temperatures and very dangerous wind chills.
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Clear skies and elevated winds will cause low temperatures to fall into the upper teenstomiddle 20s across North Florida, upper 20s tomiddle 30s across Central Florida and 40s to lower 50s across South Florida tonight.
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Freeze Warnings have been issued across North Florida and northern Central Florida (just north of the I-4 corridor) ahead of dangerous sub-freezing temperatures.
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Very dangerous wind chills will develop across North Florida by the sunrise on Tuesday reaching the teens.
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Isolated spots in the Panhandle could seesingle digit feels-like temperatures.
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Extreme Cold Warnings can be expected tonight throughout North Florida.
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Cold Weather Advisories will extend into the Peninsula towards Lake Okeechobee wherefeels-like temperatures in themiddle 20s to middle 30s can be expected.
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Breezy winds andocean swells of 2-5'across the state will lead to amoderate tohigh risk for rip currentsfor all beaches today.
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