Possible strong storms, gusty winds in the Central Florida forecast before our big cold plunge
ORLANDO, Fla. – Today was a warm one! High’s managed to climb back into the upper 80s for a lot of us across the state of Florida. Sunday looks to be a repeat of this, with a stormy twist.
The SPC has us tagged for an isolated threat for severe weather, primarily in the form of damaging winds. The possibility of some small hail in our more organized thunderstorms can’t be ruled out all thanks to the rapid chill that’s going to be coming in from up north. (Copyright WKMG 2025)
Storm Prediction Center has the entirety of our viewing area highlighted for a level one, marginal risk of severe thunderstorms. The primary risk we’re pinpointing is damaging straight-line winds, followed up by the low potential for small hail.
The storm system has started digging south tonight, headed our way for tomorrow and early Monday morning (Copyright WKMG 2025)
We’re looking for showers and rains to start building on the western side of the state as the sun comes up, until about the lunch or brunch hour. That’s when our area becomes a bit more “uncapped” as it’s called, and storms will begin developing.
During the middle afternoon and through the evening rains and storms will stick with us ahead of the cold front. The front itself should flush the environment out overnight into Monday morning. (Copyright WKMG 2025)
The first half of the day could give way to some sporty downpours, gusty winds, and lightning in isolated spots. The main event I believe begins towards the second half of your Sunday after around the 4-5 p.m. time frame.
There’s a weak impulse in our atmosphere that’s forecast to wander across the peninsula during the midday hours, resulting in a general increase in who sees the rain and storms during the daytime hours.
Here’s a look at what to expect tomorrow into very early Monday morning. The main threats we’re watching out for will be damaging winds and small hail (Copyright WKMG 2025)
That’ll keep rains in the picture for a few of us all the way into the late evening period, as we prepare to cross into Monday.
The actual cold front isn’t set to come through us until very early Monday morning, sometime between midnight and 2 a.m.
As it does so, winds will quickly shift towards a northerly direction funneling in the dense layer of cold, dry air we’ve been awaiting and discussing the last few days leading up to this event.
Traditionally we see a little bit of a lag with such a shallow and thick mass of chilly air, so the coldest temperatures won’t settle in with us until we wake up Tuesday morning. But, your afternoon highs on Monday will have to fight to try and reach the 70s.
Layer up as you head out Tuesday morning, especially for our northern counties! The winds behind this cold front will be pretty harsh, driving feels like temps potentially WELL below freezing (Copyright WKMG 2025)
Then we’ve actually nudged our afternoon high temp for Tuesday even chillier as computer models are anticipating a lot of us to hardly reach 60 degrees during the “relatively warmest” part of the day.
For my fans of the cold weather, however, I’ve got some bad news. If you came down to Central Florida to escape the cold temps, this would be great news for you!
This abrupt plunge of frigid temperatures for Florida’s standard will be fairly short-duration. If you look at the seven day forecast, we bounce back incredibly quickly into the 70s by Wednesday and towards next weekend.
The mid-sections of November look a night and day difference compared to what we’re tracking by Monday and Tuesday (Copyright WKMG 2025)
I would highly encourage you grab some extra zinc, iron, and vitamin C now while you can in preps for this roller coaster ride. This way your immune system is geared up for these wild swings. Usually when the weather hits you with this type of whiplash, it’s an internal struggle to keep up with the changing conditions.
So definitely consider staying active while you can the next several days, keep your hydration high even though it’ll be far from warm or even hot outside, and get those vitamins supplemented to stay healthy while we ride this short burst out.
The mid-sections of the month are expected to be about average around here, if not even above average as we close in on the Thanksgiving holiday and Black Friday extravaganza’s.
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