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The latest forecasts spare Florida from any snow or sleet but "bitterly cold temperatures" are coming behind the front.
The Florida Panhandle will be spared from wintry precipitation but could still face supercell thunderstorms and bitter cold lasting through January.
The frigid winter weather in 1977 and 2010 also occurred when the Arctic Oscillation was in the negative phase.
Talk about extremes.
Major storm preparations are underway as a powerful winter storm system moves through the U.S. this weekend.
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The looming cold weather will not be as dramatic as the one that hit Palm Beach County last week.
As a winter storm threatens much of the U.S., the weather in Central Florida will be warm and sunny. Temperatures are forecasted to be in the 80s this weekend. FOX 35 Storm Team meteorologist Brooks Garner takes a look at the forecast. This weekend, the weather will be warm, very warm.