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Speaking of snow, we had some fall in Orlando yesterday, true story. The good news is that it will be back in the low 70 F tomorrow and close to 80 F in a few days in those parts. It will be a bit warmer in Miami.

More below:

Snow! Flakes spotted in Central Florida as temperatures hit low 40s here

sun-sentinel.com and the Associated Press
Posted November 22 2006, 8:55 AM EST

ORLANDO -- Snowbirds come to the Sunshine State to escape them, but weather officials said a few snowflakes were spotted in Central Florida.

The flakes, mixed with rain, fell about 9 p.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. Snow shovels were not needed, but some of the white stuff did hit the ground before melting, National Weather Service meteorologist John Pendergrast said.



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``It's just cold enough in the lower levels of the atmosphere'' to keep the flakes from melting, Pendergrast said.

The last time the region saw snow was in 2003, when flakes fell over Brevard and Volusia counties.

Temperatures in the area Tuesday night dipped to the low 40s, and were expected to fall to the 30s, Pendergrast said.

Meanwhile, temperatures dipped into the low 40s around South Florida in the pre-dawn hours today, but light winds meant that residents were not having to deal a wind chill index in the 30s.

West Palm Beach reported a new record low of 40 for Nov. 22, breaking the record of 41 set in 1914. Fort Lauderdale's record low of 43, set in 1952, apparently was not broken.

At 6 a.m., the weather service reported temperatures of 40 degrees in Pompano Beach, 41 in Boca Raton, 41 in Homestead, 45 in Fort Lauderdale and 47 in Miami.

News partners NewsChannel 5 reported unoffcial temperatures in the 30s in western Palm Beach County, including 39 in West Delray.

Today's temperatures were expected to reach into the upper 60s under partly cloudy skies with northwest winds at 10-15 mph.

Wednesday night will be a little warmer, with lows in the mid to upper 40s inland and the lower 50s along the coast under mostly clear skies, the weather service said.

Thanksgiving will be nice but a little cool, with temperatures reaching the low 70s under mostly sunny skies and northwest winds 10-15 mph.

Wind chills may drop into the 20s in parts of north Florida and high temperatures may only reach the 60s as far south as the Keys on Wednesday, state meteorologist Ben Nelson said.

A developing storm out at sea off of Florida's east coast is driving cold air southward into the state, which resulted in freeze watches for several locations in the Panhandle earlier this week. Residents were being reminded to protect themselves, their plants, their pets and their pipes.

The cold weather is expected to last through Thanksgiving, but by the end of the week warmer temperatures were forecast to return. By Sunday, the high in Miami is expected to be 81.