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<\/p>\nIt\u2019s not uncommon for the Tampa Bay area to get a few doses of frigid weather after the sweltering summer has passed and before the springtime temperatures start stretching for the 90s again.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s unusual about the cold blast you\u2019re starting to feel today \u2014 and will definitely feel Tuesday morning \u2014 is how early it is this year.<\/p>\n
Officially, it\u2019s not even winter yet \u2014 that starts Dec. 21. But the low temperatures on Tuesday morning are likely to break all-time cold records for Nov. 11 \u2014 from lows below freezing in Brooksville to the lows 40s in water-hugging St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n
Tampa Bay was responding Monday like it usually does before cold snaps that more commonly occur in December, January and February. For one, cold weather shelters in Tampa Bay were opening Monday night ahead of biting overnight temperatures. Officials also cautioned boaters to stay off the water and for drivers to be careful driving on bridges as winds whipped fiercely.<\/p>\n
On the Howard Frankland, waves were crashing over the seawalls, spraying water much like before tropical weather.<\/p>\n
The National Weather Service\u2019s Tampa Bay office issued a cold weather advisory for most of the region as temperatures are expected to plummet overnight Monday into Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
The advisory goes into effect when temperatures fall below 35 degrees and winds whip up to 10 mph or higher.<\/p>\n
This wind chill effect will make temperatures feel like 28 degrees in some inland parts of Tampa Bay, like northeast Hillsborough County and Plant City.<\/p>\n
Freezing temperatures are expected in Hernando County and Brooksville. Coastal areas to the south, including Pinellas and Tampa\u2019s waterfront, will experience actual temperatures in the upper 30s and blustery winds.<\/p>\n
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In Pinellas County, the Homeless Leadership Alliance <\/a>said it would open shelters from 6 p.m. Monday until 6 a.m. Tuesday. Hillsborough County shelters<\/a> will allow people into its shelters from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on both Monday and Tuesday, or until capacity is reached.<\/p>\n Shelters open when the National Weather Service expects feels-like temperatures will drop to 40 degrees or below in the overnight hours, Pinellas County officials wrote in a media release.<\/p>\n The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority is providing free bus rides to and from the shelters from 5 p.m. Monday through 7 a.m. Wednesday. Riders must tell drivers they are going to a cold weather shelter to receive a free ride.<\/p>\n Hillsborough County said shelters are expecting a high demand and encouraged residents to use family and friends as a first option for a warm place to stay.<\/p>\n A small craft advisory also began at 1 a.m. Monday and will run until 4 p.m. Tuesday, when winds over parts of the Gulf of Mexico could reach nearly 35 mph and seas could reach up to 10 feet.<\/p>\n
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