The projected path of movement swings it away from Central Florida and then curves it toward the Panhandle by the time we get to Monday with a projected landfall roughly between Apalachicola and New Orleans. That is the uncertainty we still have with the next landfall. But the path of Katrina takes it toward the Panhandle and well away from Central Florida. |
The real cold air gets here Friday afternoon and stays with us through the day Saturday and also into Sunday morning. |
The storm will likely continue to grow before it makes landfall right near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., roughly between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. is the projected time. |
The tornado watch has sort of whittled away. It did include Orlando earlier this morning and shifted southward. The threat has decreased here in Orlando. |
There is a good possibility of a freeze or frost mainly to the north and west of Interstate 4. |
There is still the potential for showers and thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow morning. And even the storms tonight and tomorrow could become severe. So, a lot of active weather is expected in the next 24 hours. |
These are the highest percentages for this area in the last four years. |
This will be the coldest night in three years in Central Florida. The last time we were below freezing here in Orlando was back in January of 2003 but it is likely to happen tonight. |
Tonight, it will be another cold night but night quite as cold as this morning. |
We are not going to warm up at all during the day Friday, and it will turn windy. We are going to see wind chills tomorrow in the 40s all day long. |
We are stuck in a blocking pattern. We have been dominated by a ridge of high pressure that blocks the movement of storms into the area. |
We could actually see a frost here in Orlando. We will have a hard freeze north of Orlando. |
We expect a colder morning on Sunday. |
We've seen a flip-flop in the pattern. |