{"id":160225,"date":"2026-02-18T19:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160225\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T19:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:50:10","slug":"winter-blast-returns-to-central-florida-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160225\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter blast returns to Central Florida next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCentral Florida is bracing for its warmest temperatures of 2026 so far, but the heat will be short-lived as a cold front is set to sweep across the region.Heat is building across Central Florida this week for the first time in a while. Thursday: Highs will reach 84 degrees Friday: Highs will reach 87 degrees Saturday:  Highs will reach 88 degrees (Hottest air of the year so far)However, a cold front is approaching, and temperatures are expected to start dropping Sunday night.Overnight lows on Monday will fall into the 40s, and daytime temperatures are expected to remain below 60 degreesBy Tuesday morning, temperatures will get even colder, dropping into the 30s, with wind chills that will make it feel like the 20s. First 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>Central Florida is bracing for its warmest temperatures of 2026 so far, but the heat will be short-lived as a cold front is set to sweep across the region.<\/p>\n<p>Heat is building across Central Florida this week for the first time in a while. <\/p>\n<p>Thursday: Highs will reach 84 degrees Friday: Highs will reach 87 degrees Saturday:  Highs will reach 88 degrees (Hottest air of the year so far)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"Warmest air of the year\" title=\"Warmest air of the year\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/graphic-0699609c451317.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>However, a cold front is approaching, and temperatures are expected to start dropping Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight lows on Monday will fall into the 40s, and daytime temperatures are expected to remain below 60 degrees<\/p>\n<p>By Tuesday morning, temperatures will get even colder, dropping into the 30s, with wind chills that will make it feel like the 20s. <\/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>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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Central Florida is bracing for its warmest temperatures of 2026 so far, but the heat will be short-lived&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[76761,76756,1267,76757,9100,5120,28,30,29,1454,1458,76760,68619,5122,1991,1284,76759,76758],"class_list":["post-160225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-arrival-time","tag-central-florida-next-week","tag-cold-front","tag-degree-friday","tag-first-time","tag-first-warning-weather","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-heat","tag-high","tag-hot-air","tag-overnight-low","tag-radarsevere-weather-alertsdownload","tag-temperature","tag-thursday","tag-while","tag-winter-blast-return"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160225","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=160225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}