{"id":136829,"date":"2026-01-29T22:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/136829\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T22:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:11:15","slug":"weather-impact-alert-wind-rain-and-bitter-cold-for-gasparilla-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/136829\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Impact Alert: Wind, rain and bitter cold for Gasparilla weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The coldest air of the season arrives Sunday, with feels-like temperatures in the teens and 20s across Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Tampa Bay will see tons of sunshine and highs in the 70s on Friday before a strong cold front moves in overnight, bringing scattered showers, gusty winds and bitterly cold temperatures for the 2026 Gasparilla Pirate Fest on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re bundling up and heading to Bayshore Boulevard for Gasparilla on Saturday, check out our detailed breakdown of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/entertainment\/events\/gasparilla\/gasparilla-2026-cold-temperature-weather-forecast-tampa-saturday\/67-2af1933b-b0b6-4165-9aaf-c5ef61390e2d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\u00a0forecast for the invasion and the parade.<\/a> But even if you&#8217;re not joining in on the pirate festivities, you&#8217;ll still need to be prepared.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nPossible showers and bitter wind chills on Saturday                    <\/p>\n<p>IMPACT: Cold and breezy with a few showers possible late morning through the early evening. Not a washout, but a few chilly showers are possible for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/entertainment\/events\/gasparilla\/gasparilla-2026-cold-temperature-weather-forecast-tampa-saturday\/67-2af1933b-b0b6-4165-9aaf-c5ef61390e2d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Gasparilla festivities<\/a>. Windy through the afternoon, which will bring wind chills into the 30s after 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>NEED: Bundle up and keep your pets and plants inside.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ba3450b3-b02a-47f5-bf23-c98d207b1d2e_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ba3450b3-b02a-47f5-bf23-c98d207b1d2e_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nWind chills in the teens to 20s on Sunday                    <\/p>\n<p>IMPACT:\u00a0Bitterly cold temperatures, wind chills in the teens to 20s<\/p>\n<p>NEED:\u00a0 Bundle up, keep your pets and plants inside, and drip your pipes<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f20ee6f7-bddd-44cb-a00a-cc04c1dd59cf_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f20ee6f7-bddd-44cb-a00a-cc04c1dd59cf_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The coldest air of the season arrives Sunday, with feels-like temperatures in the teens and 20s across Tampa&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-136829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-tampa","9":"tag-tampa-headlines","10":"tag-tampa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}