David Nazario

The Christmas holiday was beautiful across Central Florida. While on the warmer side for some, you couldn't ask for a more quality sunshine state set up for a day like Christmas. But New Years could turn a hefty corner just in time for us to turn the final page of our 2025 calendars.

Central Florida is set for warm and mild weather through Christmas with no rain expected. News 6 Pinpoint Weather forecasts possible colder temperatures and rain near New Year's, with a high rip current risk along the Atlantic coast.

Warmth will absolutely dominate the Central Florida area, and much of the United States to their entirety as we approach Christmas and even New Year's Eve. How long till we get some relief and see some rain coming on the horizon?

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While Florida won't be dabbling in anything remotely winter-esque come Christmas time, these places may be blessed or not so blessed with a cinematic white Christmas.

We're already feeling the effects of dry season here in Florida, which is usually synonymous with the winter starting up around town. But we're tracking a few big-time evolutions on a larger scale that could really shake things up this time next year.

After the cold air comes in tonight through Tuesday, conditions look to warm up. This time, they may actually stay there even into the beginning of the calendar winter season. Christmas may actually be more on the warm and pleasant side for us in Central Florida.

What was once supposed to bring us some more much needed rain has come together as another dry push of colder temps. These cold temperatures will be in for only a brief hello and goodnight before warmth returns across our area, and it could actually remain this way through to saying Merry Christmas.

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A very active weather pattern is going to linger with us well into early Monday morning, dumping several inches of rain across Central Florida with the potential for strong winds and some rotating storms. We begin the clearing trend tomorrow afternoon but we have an onslaught to battle through tonight.

A front is trying to sink southward across our area supported by a powerful jet stream and a pretty decent slug of cooler air just to the north of where the front is draped now. As we move through tonight into your Sunday, that front should start to kick on down towards the south. While doing so, we could see some heavier bouts of rain in some spots and potential stray strong storms.

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