ORLANDO, Fla. – We’re quickly getting into the middle portions of March! Time is flying by faster than ever it seems, wouldn’t you agree? It feels like January and February were only a few days ago, but we’re now halfway through the second week of the new month.
Spring is right around the corner, and Central Florida is already seeing a ton of different signals of its rapidly approaching arrival!
We have been rainier than the last few months and much warmer! But now we’re all wondering - when will our first 90-degree day be this year?
As the next massive storm system gets going over the Plains, the orientation of the jet stream helping to fire it up will draw in lots of warmth from the south and over the Gulf. So we’re going to TRY and make a run for 90 degrees into this upcoming St. Patrick’s Day weekend!
Looking beyond this weekend, models seem to be in general agreement that our BEST shot at reaching 90 degrees, if not exceeding that mark, will be around March 23-24.
The fun fact about this time frame is, if you click HERE, I wrote a story about the next time Central Florida could also see some nasty weather as a result of the warming temps and increased moisture we have present across the peninsula.
It’s always mind blowing how weather connects in a variety of ways across the board.
Now, back to this upcoming weekend!
Like mentioned above, the jet stream highest up in the atmosphere will help to really provide Florida with the dynamics to draw in as much warmth as possible before another front arrives to wash it down a couple notches. Highs are presently forecast to climb into the mid if not upper 80s for many of us during the warmest parts of the afternoon on Sunday.
If we were to reach 90 degrees on Sunday, we’d be very close to shattering an OVER 100-YEAR record in Orlando; 91 is the current city record set back in 1917. Areas like Leesburg and Sanford could also set some records pending how warm it gets this weekend.
Now if we manage to stay in the upper 80s across the board, our best shot comes in another two weeks give or take. I do think we can start to either set some records or at least restore a familiar temperature for much of us native Floridians on the weather map toward the back end of March.
