Big weather changes coming as Central Florida rings in new year

ORLANDO, Fla. – Central Florida ended 2017 on a sunny note, but some big changes are coming to the region.

It will be cloudy and rainy on New Year's Day with temperatures struggling to 54 degrees in Daytona Beach, 57 degrees in Orlando and 62 degrees in Melbourne. Rain chances are 50-70 percent, and will be highest near noon.

Cooler air moves in Monday and Tuesday, but the rain will linger until Wednesday, when a stronger front with very cold air arrives, dropping temperatures down into the 20s in Marion County and 30s for all of Central Florida.

Sunny and cold conditions will wrap up the first week of 2018. 

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