Residents of Miami should brace themselves for a turbulent shift in weather as the city flirts with record temperatures before a cold front sweeps in to provide relief later in the week, NBC Miami reports. Temperatures are poised to hit the 90-degree mark, defying the usual low-80s expected during this season, an unmistakable swelter intensified by the heat index pushing the feels-like temperatures well into the unforgiving mid-90s.
The blustery conditions, prompting wind advisories as gusts could pummel the area at nearly 40 mph, have also induced a cautionary small craft advisory with Biscayne Bay poised to thrash with 5-6 foot waves, but these conditions are anticipated to ease when the cold front makes its entrance Thursday morning, bringing the potential for brief showers and storms late Wednesday evening into the wee hours of Thursday. According to the National Weather Service, today's weather boasts mostly sunny skies with a high nearing 87 degrees, and a brisk south wind accelerating between 14 to 20 mph, gusts potentially tapping the 30-mph mark.
As the cold front passes, a radical transformation is in store; Miami will see an appreciable drop in temperature with the forecast promising highs lingering in the calmer upper-70s to low-80s from Thursday into the weekend, per NBC Miami. The evening cool-down stands to be notably crisp, with lows anticipated to sink into the upper-50s and low-60s, an inviting climate for the forthcoming dry Friday with an expected high of 81 degrees.
Weekend warriors are in for a treat as Saturday welcomes the coolest morning with lows flirting with the upper-50s, even as far as the typically warm Miami and Fort Lauderdale reaching around 60 degrees, the forecast from the National Weather Service indicates partly cloudy skies giving way to a sun-drenched SoFlo. Sunday and thereafter promises to bathe the region in mostly sunny conditions, comfortable humidity levels, and highs perched comfortably in the upper 70s to about 80 degrees — a formula for what locals may describe as "picture-perfect" weather to close out the week.
