Weather Cold snap strong winds forecast for Orlando

A cold spell has gripped Central Florida but temps are expected to rebound quickly.

Orlando Sentinel

8 49 p.m. EST January 2 2014

Brrr.

Starting about midnight the temperature is going to drop the National Weather Service in Melbourne said.

The mercury will be in the low 40s when people wake up Friday morning.

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It will be windy too. With gusts up to 25 mph it will feel as if it's in the mid 30s said Will Ulrich a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

The high will climb no higher than the mid 50s Friday.

Friday night also will be chilly with lows in the mid 40s.

But by the weekend temperatures will be back up in the 70s Ulrich said.

The warm weather will be short lived he said. A strong cold front is headed our way again Monday.

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