Good morning! I'm Aaron Jolly. And welcome to the Florida Weather Podcast. It's Monday, February 23rd. And folks.. Florida woke up thinking it was Minnesota today.

Step outside and you'll feel 44 degrees. That's the warm part. It gets worse from here.

We've got Freeze Warnings, Red Flag Warnings. And Cold Weather Advisories all flying at once. This is the kind of cold that makes your orange trees nervous. Wind chills are dropping into the upper teens overnight. Let that sink in. Upper teens. In Florida.

Up in North Florida, you're barely cracking 52 degrees today. That's 31 degrees to 31 degrees below normal. Tonight? Down to 31 with winds at 15 miles an hour and patchy frost by dawn. Hard freeze territory by Tuesday morning.

Slide down to Orlando and you'll hit 55 today. Sounds almost reasonable until tonight's 34 degrees arrives. Wind chills near 27 by early Tuesday. Cover those plants now, not later.

Tampa Bay tops out at 54 with lows near 36 tonight. Not quite freezing, but your body won't know the difference with those 10 to 14 mile an hour winds.

Even Miami only reaches 62 today. North winds gusting to 22 miles an hour have a Red Flag Warning posted. Any spark becomes a wildfire in this bone dry air. The Keys? High rip current risk. Stay out of the water.

Now the big picture for the week. Tonight is rock bottom. The coldest night, period. Tuesday starts the climb. Wednesday, the 70s return like an old friend. Thursday pushes 80 degrees in Tampa and Miami. You'll want sunglasses again.

But there's a twist rolling in late week. A front brings scattered showers and a few thunderstorms by Friday. After days of desert dry air, rain chances jump to a coin flip south of I-31 degrees. The weekend stays warm and unsettled with low 80s.

Protect your pipes tonight. Bring the pets in. Check on neighbors who might need a hand.

That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow. Stay warm out there!