Two fronts are heading to South Florida, and one could drop temperatures into the 40s

Howard Cohen
·3 min read

When weather happens these days it seems to come in pairs. A record-setting hurricane season, anyone?

But don’t panic as it’s not the dreaded “H” word. The National Hurricane Center’s map of the tropics is clear.

This time we’re talking two fronts coming through — one on Saturday and the other on Monday — but neither ought to stress you too much unless lows of 49 degrees by Wednesday morning sound extreme. (Maybe colder in some parts.)

Actually, it’s Florida. That is our version of extreme.

“We will be back below normal highs and morning temps in the 50s,” said WSVN meteorologist Vivian Gonzalez.

The South Florida forecast

Here’s how the weekend and the start of the work week break down:

Enjoy Saturday because rain chances are only 20% and the temperature will range from 70 degrees to 80 under clear skies, according to the National Weather Service in Miami and local forecasters.

Saturday afternoon, a mild front rolls into South Florida but we won’t feel much from this one. That front won’t be the “cooling kind,” said WPLG meteorologist Erika Delgado.

Temps will fall to about 68 degrees Saturday night. Still mostly dry skies Sunday, with a high of 78.

Then the Monday front comes along, boosting rain chances to 70% in South Florida and the Keys, and that one will have “more bite,” WSVN’s Gonzalez said.

The Monday rain chance and the temperature plunge predictions on Saturday were both greater than forecast on Friday.

WPLG meteorologist Brandon Orr called it the “First Socks & Sandals Warning of the Season” as the front pulls cold air in the 30s to the Panhandle of the state and the 40s and 50s the father south it travels.

Expect highs to max out around 65 degrees Tuesday and Wednesday in Miami-Dade to Palm Beach County. Lows will dip into the upper 40s or low 50s by Wednesday morning, with the Keys about 10 degrees warmer into the workweek.

It could even drop to the lower 40s in some parts of South Florida, the weather service said in its hazardous weather outlook.

That “reinforcing, stronger cold front” set to pass through South Florida will boost the rain chances and bring breezy post-frontal northwestern winds, which could drop temperatures to the low 40s across some parts of the interior and northwest sections and the low 50s along the coast, according to the weather service.

There is also a high risk for rip currents along Palm Beach County beaches Friday and a moderate risk on beaches along Miami-Dade and Broward.