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...Record cold temperatures forecast Tuesday night...

A secondary surge of modified Arctic air is forecast to move into
the region late Tuesday and Tuesday night dropping temperatures

some 20 to 25 degrees below normal by Wednesday morning.  During
Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning northerly winds are
expected to remain between 5 and 10 mph...except higher near the
coast and in the vicinity of lakes...which will bring in much

drier air.  Dew points are expected to fall into the 20s and 30s
and this will lead to a potential advective freeze across much of
the Nature Coast.  Further south...temperatures are expected to
fall into the middle and upper 30s away from the coast as far

south as Charlotte and eastern Lee counties.  Also...with the
winds remaining between 5 and 10 mph the wind chill values will
be down in the mid 20s to mid 30s.

The next night also looks rather cold...but during this night the

winds will become light under clear skies which will lead to good
radiational cooling.  This combination will lead to a potential
frost across much of the Nature Coast southward into inland
portions of central and southwest Florida.  Temperatures are once

again forecast to fall below freezing across much of the Nature
Coast...with temperatures falling into the middle and upper 30s
in most other interior locations.

These cold temperatures will approach record values for these

dates in a few locations...especially on Wednesday morning...but
no where near the all-time November records which range from the
high teens across the far north to upper 20s far south.  Below
are tables of the record low temperatures at sites around the

area for November 19 and 20.


                                  Record lows   normal  records
location                           for Nov 19    low     began

Arcadia                  :arcf1    35 in 1923     56     1899

Archbold                 :achf1    37 in 1981     54     1969
Avon Park 2 W            :avpf1    41 in 2006     57     1901
Bartow                   :barf1    30 in 1951     59     1892
Brooksville chin hill    :brof1    33 in 1951     56     1892

Bushnell 2 E             :bshf1    28 in 1951     54     1948
Chiefland 5 se           :chif1    32 in 2006     51     1956
Fort Myers/Page Field    :fmy      39 in 1951     61     1902
Inverness 3 se           :invf1    32 in 1951     52     1948

Mountain Lake            :lwlf1    35 in 1951     57     1935
Lakeland Linder field    :lldf1    37 in 1951     59     1948
Myakka River State Park  :mkcf1    38 in 1970     57     1956
Parrish                  :parf1    40 in 1970     57     1957

Plant City               :plcf1    33 in 1951     57     1892
Punta Gorda 4 ESE        :pntf1    42 in 1970     59     1965
Sarasota-Bradenton       :srq      39 in 1970     58     1948
St Leo                   :stlf1    35 in 1951     56     1895

St pete/Albert whitted   :spg      40 in 1951     62     1914
Tampa international apt  :tpa      38 in 1951     60     1890
Tarpon Springs           :trpf1    37 in 1951     58     1892
                                        & 1903

Venice                   :vncf1    44 in 1983     59     1955
Wauchula 2 N             :wauf1    31 in 1951     56     1933
Weeki Wachee             :weef1    34 in 1970     53     1969
Winter Haven             :whnf1    37 in 1970     58     1941

                                        & 1951

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                                  record lows   normal  records
location                           for Nov 20    low     began


Arcadia                  :arcf1    33 in 1932     55     1899
Archbold                 :achf1    38 in 2006     54     1969
Avon Park 2 W            :avpf1    40 in 1968     57     1901
Bartow                   :barf1    34 in 1951     59     1892

                                         & 1916
Brooksville chin hill    :brof1    34 in 1968     56     1892
Bushnell 2 E             :bshf1    30 in 1951     54     1948
Chiefland 5 se           :chif1    26 in 1968     50     1956

Fort Myers/Page Field    :fmy      42 in 1951     61     1902
Inverness 3 se           :invf1    33 in 1951     52     1948
Mountain Lake            :lwlf1    34 in 1951     56     1935
Lakeland Linder field    :lldf1    40 in 1968     58     1948

Myakka River State Park  :mkcf1    38 in 1968     57     1956
Parrish                  :parf1    37 in 1968     57     1957
Plant City               :plcf1    34 in 1968,    57     1892
                                         1951 & 1926

Punta Gorda 4 ESE        :pntf1    40 in 1986     59     1965
Sarasota-Bradenton       :srq      40 in 1968     58     1948
St Leo                   :stlf1    37 in 1968     55     1895
                                         & 1926

St pete/Albert whitted   :spg      40 in 1951     62     1914
Tampa international apt  :tpa      35 in 1914     60     1890
Tarpon Springs           :trpf1    36 in 1951     58     1892
Venice                   :vncf1    42 in 1968     59     1955

Wauchula 2 N             :wauf1    33 in 1951     56     1933
Weeki Wachee             :weef1    37 in 1995     53     1969
Winter Haven             :whnf1    38 in 1968     58     1941