{"id":209572,"date":"2026-03-28T12:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/209572\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T12:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:29:10","slug":"cold-front-to-bring-rain-gusty-winds-to-central-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/209572\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold front to bring rain, gusty winds to Central Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA strong cold front is expected to bring rain, gusty winds and dangerous surf to the Central Florida coast this weekend.WESH 2\u2019s First Warning Weather Team has designated Saturday and Sunday as Impact Weather days due to the front\u2019s powerful, gusty winds both inland and along the coast, creating dangerous beach conditions.Winds are expected to be between 15 and 25 mph, with gusts up to 40 mph.Watches and warningsAccording to the National Weather Service (NWS), a Gale Warning begins at 11 a.m. Saturday for Volusia County waters and will expand to Brevard County waters at 2 p.m.The marine alert is issued for strong, potentially dangerous winds of about 39 to 54 mph that are occurring or expected over the water.There is also a high risk of rip currents, as a High Surf Advisory goes into effect Saturday afternoon and continues through Sunday.Looking aheadPersistent onshore winds will keep a chance of showers in the forecast each day this week, though no single day is expected to be a washout.Cooler temperatures are expected behind the front Sunday and Monday before a gradual warm up this week.What is Impact Weather?Impact Weather suggests weather conditions could be disruptive or a nuisance for travel and day-to-day activities.DOWNLOAD \u202fthe free WESH 2 News app \u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.\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>A strong cold front is expected to bring rain, gusty winds and dangerous surf to the Central Florida coast this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>WESH 2\u2019s First Warning Weather Team has designated Saturday and Sunday as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/wesh-2-impact-weather-severe-weather-warning\/63653278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Impact Weather <\/a>days due to the front\u2019s powerful, gusty winds both inland and along the coast, creating dangerous beach conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Winds are expected to be between 15 and 25 mph, with gusts up to 40 mph.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"march 28, 2026 - impact weather day\" title=\"March 28, 2026 - Impact Weather Day\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/impact-day-slate-69c78f0bad6a8.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Watches and warnings<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Weather Service (NWS), a Gale Warning begins at 11 a.m. Saturday for Volusia County waters and will expand to Brevard County waters at 2 p.m.<\/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>The marine alert is issued for strong, potentially dangerous winds of about 39 to 54 mph that are occurring or expected over the water.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a high risk of rip currents, as a High Surf Advisory goes into effect Saturday afternoon and continues through Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead<\/p>\n<p>Persistent onshore winds will keep a chance of showers in the forecast each day this week, though no single day is expected to be a washout.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"march 28, 2026 - impact weather day\" title=\"March 28, 2026 - Impact Weather Day\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7-day-am-coast-69c78f0bb01b6.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cooler temperatures are expected behind the front Sunday and Monday before a gradual warm up this week.<\/p>\n<p>What is Impact Weather?<\/p>\n<p>Impact Weather suggests weather conditions could be disruptive or a nuisance for travel and day-to-day activities.<\/p>\n<p>DOWNLOAD \u202fthe free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/get-wesh-news-on-the-go-download\/44043785\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WESH 2 News app<\/a> \u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylocal.com\/cities\/orlando\/?utm_source=kochava&amp;utm_content=static-weather&amp;utm_campaign=static-weather-wesh\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Very Local app<\/a> to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A strong cold front is expected to bring rain, gusty winds and dangerous surf to the Central Florida&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[147,1267,2344,104,28,30,29,12874,96062,96060,213,96061,1279,5125,96063,17241,1456,918],"class_list":["post-209572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-central-florida","tag-cold-front","tag-download","tag-entertainment","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-gusty-wind","tag-high-surf","tag-impact-weather-day","tag-late-news","tag-marine-alert","tag-rain","tag-sunday","tag-volusia-county-water","tag-weather-condition","tag-week","tag-wesh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209572","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=209572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}