{"id":38556,"date":"2025-11-08T08:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T08:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/38556\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T08:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T08:11:15","slug":"first-blast-of-winter-weather-forecast-from-great-lakes-to-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/38556\/","title":{"rendered":"First blast of winter weather forecast from Great Lakes to South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATLANTA, Nov 7 (Reuters) – An early taste of winter is expected for the eastern half of the U.S.<\/a> beginning this weekend, as a fast-moving storm system sweeping down from Canada<\/a> clears a path for frigid temperatures as far south as Florida<\/a>, forecasters said.<\/p>\n

About 155 million people, from northern Great Plains to the deep South, will experience some freezing conditions through Wednesday, the National Weather Service said.<\/p>\n

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“The big weather story is this major cool down,” said Ashton Robinson Cook, a meteorologist with the service’s Weather Prediction Center in College Park Maryland.<\/p>\n

The cold snap will bring the first snow of the season to the Great Lakes area, with Detroit, Buffalo and Chicago expected to get a dusting or an inch or two over this weekend, Cook said.<\/p>\n

As the cold air pushes south on Monday and Tuesday, Knoxville, Tennessee<\/a>, and other spots could see a touch of snow on Monday, with temperatures of 26 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 3 degrees Celsius) forecast.By Tuesday, temperatures could match or break record lows in more than a dozen cities in the Southeast, including Savannah, Georgia<\/a>, at 31 degrees, Mobile, Alabama<\/a>, at 31 degrees, and Fort Myers, on Florida’s Gulf Coast, at 45 degrees, forecasters said.<\/p>\n

Atlanta, which enjoyed highs in the mid-70s on Friday, will experience its first freeze of the season, with temperatures plunging into the mid-20s. Local officials warned residents to wrap exposed household water pipes to prevent bursting.<\/p>\n

Forecasters say Florida and other parts of the Southeast could have the coldest early November since 1993.<\/p>\n

In sub-tropical Palm Beach, the approaching cold raised concern about a potential hazard virtually unknown to other parts of the country: falling iguanas.<\/p>\n

Wildlife experts say temperatures below 50 F can stun the reptiles – an invasive species that thrives in South Florida – causing the cold-blooded creatures to plunge to the ground from their tree-top hangouts.<\/p>\n

Reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta; Editing by Frank McGurty and Hugh Lawson<\/p>\n

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