{"id":139037,"date":"2026-01-31T20:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T20:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/139037\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T20:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T20:15:08","slug":"winds-picking-up-as-extreme-cold-moves-into-central-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/139037\/","title":{"rendered":"Winds picking up as &#8216;extreme cold&#8217; moves into Central Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAll of Central Florida is bracing for what is expected to be a record-cold weekend.RadarSevere Weather AlertsThe region is under an extreme cold weather warning on Saturday evening into Sunday and Monday when low temps in the upper teens and low 20s are possible.That&#8217;s why WESH 2&#8217;s First Warning Weather team has declared Severe Weather Warning Day for Saturday, Sunday and Monday.Temps will be dangerously cold after sunset Saturday night.Live updates2:30 p.m.: Snow flurries spotted in Tallahassee12:30 p.m.: NWS says gusty winds north and west are already reaching 20-25+ mphFirst Warning Weather Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.RadarSevere Weather AlertsDownload the WESH 2 News app to get the most up-to-date weather alerts. The First Warning Weather team includes First Warning Chief Meteorologist Tony Mainolfi, Eric Burris, Marquise Meda and Cam Tran.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>All of Central Florida is bracing for what is expected to be a record-cold weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The region is under an extreme cold weather warning on Saturday evening into Sunday and Monday when low temps in the upper teens and low 20s are possible.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why WESH 2&#8217;s First Warning Weather team has declared Severe Weather Warning Day for Saturday, Sunday and Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Temps will be dangerously cold after sunset Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Live updates<\/p>\n<p>2:30 p.m.: Snow flurries spotted in Tallahassee<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Twitter.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Twitter.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2pm EST 1\/31\/26:<\/p>\n<p>Your eyes aren&#8217;t deceiving you, we have flurries\/light snow racing through the region this afternoon. Let us know if you&#8217;re seeing any flurries or snow where you are! <\/p>\n<p>They won&#8217;t last long and no accumulation is expected.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ALwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#ALwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GAwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#GAwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FLwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#FLwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0hVdKMUIwg\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/0hVdKMUIwg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWS Tallahassee (@NWSTallahassee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSTallahassee\/status\/2017675028553232451?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Twitter.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p>12:30 p.m.: NWS says gusty winds north and west are already reaching 20-25+ mph<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Twitter.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">12:30pm update: Gusty winds are on the way this afternoon and evening. Observations to our north and west are already reaching 20-25+ mph, especially as clouds start to clear. Be sure to have loose outdoor objects secured and use caution driving in windy conditions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lLUVkPzUke\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/lLUVkPzUke<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWS Melbourne (@NWSMelbourne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSMelbourne\/status\/2017652028227428408?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from YouTube.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p>First Warning Weather <\/p>\n<p>Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/wesh-2-app\/41431568\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WESH 2 News app<\/a> to get the most up-to-date weather alerts. <\/p>\n<p>The First Warning Weather team includes First Warning Chief Meteorologist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/c15dac96-e8e1-4a2f-8a7c-b0d9c1d1ede8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Mainolfi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/b84a2751-86e2-4b70-8f05-12ecc06b0236\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Burris<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/3dfc326b-9da6-4263-b1a0-92b081d5d993\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marquise Meda<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/97bcf79a-31d8-4f11-b87a-39b3812b68f6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cam Tran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All of Central Florida is bracing for what is expected to be a record-cold weekend.RadarSevere Weather AlertsThe region&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[147,67745,65186,34492,28,30,29,13743,51293,217,28162,5122,49350,27165,67743,67746,65202,67744,5125,15142,918,1268],"class_list":["post-139037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-central-florida","tag-cold-orlando","tag-extreme-cold","tag-first-warning-weather-team","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-live","tag-low-temp","tag-monday","tag-move","tag-radarsevere-weather-alertsdownload","tag-saturday-evening","tag-severe-weather-warning-day","tag-snow-flurries-florida","tag-snow-flurries-is-it-going-to-snow-in-florida-is-it-going-to-snow-in-tampa","tag-snow-flurry","tag-snow-tallasahhe-florida","tag-sunday","tag-temps","tag-wesh","tag-wind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139037","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=139037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}