The season’s first cold front will descend upon Florida this weekend, and South Florida will be less rainy as a result, with partly sunny skies.
But don’t expect a significant cooldown or dry-out. “Though the frontal boundary will pass through South Florida, it won’t be a complete dry passage,” said meteorologist Sammy Hadi of the National Weather Service’s Miami office. He said there will still be a 30% to 50% chance of rain, even on the side of the front.
The front, which is traveling down from the Midwest, will pass over Central Florida on Friday and will have a larger impact there, making for a drier and slightly cooler weekend. Forecasters are calling for Saturday night to Sunday morning temperatures just below 70 degrees near Orlando, and as cool as 65 in Tallahassee. Afternoon temperatures, though, will pop back up to 90 with clear skies.
In South Florida, temperature could drop to around 73 degrees on Saturday night, as the cold front passes over the region, and Sunday should have a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunday looks mostly sunny, with a high near 89 — actually cooler than Tallahassee.
Humidity is another factor. The drier air of the cold front will evaporate a good bit of the humidity in Central Florida, which will see dewpoints around 65 by Sunday morning (dewpoints of 55 to 60 are considered pleasant, 60 to 65 is comfortable, 65 to 70 is humid). South Florida’s dewpoints on Sunday should be 72 to 74, or “very humid.”
“There won’t be any noticeable difference, as far as temperatures,” said Hadi, of the front’s impact on South Florida. “Given that we’re not into October and November yet, these fronts don’t have enough power behind them to either cool us off or dry us out.”
