Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Wednesday, January 28th. 2026

• Freeze Warnings and Cold Weather Advisories remain in effect across most of the state through the mid-morning hours due to another cold start and elevated wind chills.
• A few isolated showers have developed just off the Southeast Florida coast this morning and may drift onto the immediate coastline of the Southeast Metro this afternoon and early evening (15-30% chance of rain).
• Despite the sunshine lingering wind gusts of 10-15 mph may make conditions feel slightly cooler than the actual temperatures.
• High temperatures this afternoon will return to the 50s across North Florida, upper 50s to lower 60s across Central Florida and middle to upper 60s across South Florida.
• Those afternoon feels-like temperatures will remain in the middle 40s to lower 50s across North Florida and lower to middle 50s across Central Florida this afternoon.
• Widespread freezing conditions can be expected again tonight even with temperatures slowly warming up.
• Low temperatures will fall into the middle 20s to lower 30s across North Florida and along the Nature Coast, lower to middle 30s across interior Central Florida, with the coasts remaining closer to the upper 30s, and the upper 30s to upper 40s across South Florida tonight.
• Freeze Warnings are expected to go into effect for much of Northeast Florida and the interior Peninsula tonight and through the early morning hours on Thursday.
• Trends will be monitored throughout the day to see if conditions will allow for Hard Freeze conditions along the Panhandle and extend Freeze Warnings into the area.
• Feels-like temperatures near sunrise Thursday morning will remain in the middle 20s to lower 30s across much of the state through interior portions of Southwest Florida.
• Cold Weather Advisories will extend beyond Lake Okeechobee tonight and into Thursday morning for sub-freezing to freezing wind chills expected.
• Ocean swells along the East Coast continue to dissipate but will lead to wave heights remaining elevated near 3-5' with instances of 6' possible along the Southeast Florida coast.
• A moderate risk for rip currents lingers nearly statewide, with a high risk along Southeast Florida.

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Morning Situation Report