TAMPA, Fla. – If you love the unseasonable warmth we’ve been having, you’ll want to soak up every minute of this weekend. The latest forecast shows a sharp divide between the last days of 2025 and the start of 2026, with a major cold front poised to send temperatures plummeting just in time for the New Year celebrations.
For now, the pattern remains steady. Today through Monday looks almost like a broken record: you can expect areas of fog to gray out the morning commute before burning off by 9 a.m. Once the haze lifts, the sun takes over, pushing highs into the upper 70s—well above average for late December. Winds will stay calm, shifting gently from the west-northwest in the afternoons.
Nights will remain mild but murky, with patchy fog developing after 1 a.m. each night and lows hovering in the mid-to-upper 50s. Whether you’re hitting the beach or the parks, the weekend offers classic Florida winter weather—warm, mostly sunny, and comfortable…