Weather

Actions

FORECAST: Chilly change coming this weekend

Cold front, Dec. 19, 2024
Posted 10:11 AM, Dec 19, 2024
and last updated 11:37 PM, Dec 19, 2024

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A cold front sweeps through tonight bringing chilly weather for the first weekend of winter. A "Snuggle Alert" will be in effect this weekend.

Temperatures will be slightly cooler on Friday but plummet on Friday night with widespread 40s likely.

Low temperatures will drop about 25 degrees or so from Friday's afternoon highs.

MORE WEATHER: Radar | Alerts | 7-Day Forecast | Hourly Forecast

Tonight: Fair and mild. Low 64

Friday: Mostly sunny and seasonably warm. High 77

Weekend: Mostly sunny and dry with lower humidity. Morning temps in the 40s. Daytime highs in the low 70s.

Expect to wake up to the 40s and 50s Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon will barely hit 70, and it will be on the breezy side, so it'll feel cooler in the wind.

Sunday morning will be chilly again with lows in the 40s and 50s. Then the wind swings onshore, and our temperatures will moderate some and reach the mid-70s in the afternoon under mostly to partly sunny skies.

Winter begins this weekend. The winter solstice is at 4:21 a.m. Saturday.

Then a slow warm-up for Christmas week as the wind picks up Monday through Christmas day. Highs will generally be in the upper 70s and lows in the mid to upper 60s for Christmas week.