David Nazario

As Central Florida braces for a cold spell unlike we've seen in a little while, a few years in fact, there's an interesting feature catching the attention of tropical meteorologists like myself. Here's another piece of unique news to start your mid-January.

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Friday is still a workday for a lot of us despite Martin Luther King Day approaching next Monday. We'll need to not only make sure our vehicles are warmed up, but drivable! Here's a common issue when temps drop as fast as they are likely for the end of the week.

This cold event is slated to be the strongest push of freezing conditions we've seen in a few years.

Here's when to expect freezing and even below-freezing temps in Central Florida.

We've gotten rain far and few between through the fall season and now into the first leg of winter. But it appears there could be some change just on the immediate horizon once we start approaching the transitional point between winter and spring.

Temperatures are once again back in below average thresholds.

Our cold front is just about through, and as we wander deeper into Sunday evening skies will begin to really clear and temperatures will drop fairly sharp into Monday morning. Winds are also forecast to pick up. How long will these conditions linger, and what's ahead for your Wednesday with a quick look ahead.

Tomorrow's cold front brings little in the way of moisture or rainfall, but one thing it does seem to guarantee is the turning of the corner towards average if not consistent below average morning low's and afternoon high's! Here are the details

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We're going to try to either tie some records or surpass them this week, as our high temperatures near the highest they've been when compared to our historical average. From there, however, as the next cold front slides through, the chilly onset may take its time departing this go around.

With the back and forth temperatures stealing the limelight across town, one detail that should be brought front and center sooner than later are the increasing drought conditions across the state of Florida. Central Florida alone has already seen exponential upticks in dry conditions through all our viewing counties. Here's why this could become a major issue just down the road