High winds blowing through South Florida all weekend are expected to diminish starting Sunday night, with hotter weather returning early Monday, National Weather Service forecasters say.
The winds, measuring gusts up to 32 mph on Saturday, are not a direct result of Hurricane Melissa, which reached Category 4 status Sunday as it neared Jamaica and Cuba. Rather, the windy conditions are more related to pressure from a stationary cold front that hung around South Florida all weekend, said NWS Miami Meteorologist Krizia Negron.
Despite Melissa’s size, the perimeter of the storm is not near South Florida, she said…