Larry Mowry Quotations

The real cold air gets here Friday afternoon and stays with us through the day Saturday and also into Sunday morning.

He is calling for 17 tropical storms and in an average season we get 10. He is calling for nine hurricanes and the average is six. And five major hurricanes is what he is calling for and the average is just over two.

There is a good possibility of a freeze or frost mainly to the north and west of Interstate 4.

I think by the mid-day Saturday, all of this rain will be out of here. Then, we will see our temperatures take a nose dive.

It don't see anything in the next seven days.

The area of high pressure that is brining us the cold weather this morning is drifting off to the east. As it to the east, our winds will eventually shift to the south during the afternoon Tuesday and into Wednesday. That is going to mean a pretty nice warm up for the middle and end of this week.

We are not going to warm up at all during the day Friday, and it will turn windy. We are going to see wind chills tomorrow in the 40s all day long.

The projected path of movement swings it away from Central Florida and then curves it toward the Panhandle by the time we get to Monday with a projected landfall roughly between Apalachicola and New Orleans. That is the uncertainty we still have with the next landfall. But the path of Katrina takes it toward the Panhandle and well away from Central Florida.

This will be the coldest night in three years in Central Florida. The last time we were below freezing here in Orlando was back in January of 2003 but it is likely to happen tonight.

Tonight, it will be another cold night but night quite as cold as this morning.

We could actually see a frost here in Orlando. We will have a hard freeze north of Orlando.

We are stuck in a blocking pattern. We have been dominated by a ridge of high pressure that blocks the movement of storms into the area.

(Dr. William Gray) is saying that the chance of a major hurricane strike along the east coast is at 64 percent this year. An average season calls for only a 31 percent chance of a strike in this area. So, he has upped the chance of a major hurricane hitting the east coast.

The tornado watch has sort of whittled away. It did include Orlando earlier this morning and shifted southward. The threat has decreased here in Orlando.

These are the highest percentages for this area in the last four years.

The storm will likely continue to grow before it makes landfall right near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., roughly between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. is the projected time.

Temperatures will be dropping into the 20s and here in Orlando to 29 degrees.

Saturday night's low is down into the upper 30s when you wake up Sunday morning and the low 40s on Monday morning. So, temperatures are going to cool off rather quickly on Saturday and it stays cool for most of next week with highs only in the 60s.

There is still the potential for showers and thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow morning. And even the storms tonight and tomorrow could become severe. So, a lot of active weather is expected in the next 24 hours.

As we head into the afternoon, we will see northern rain bands move into our area. That will produce brief heavy downpours and gusty winds. It is going to be similar to what happened Thursday in terms of seeing some sunshine during points of the day and then other times seeing a real heavy downpour with winds kicking up.

It will spend a lot of time well away from Central Florida. But on Sunday, it will make a curve back toward the Panhandle and that's when we will probably see the most rain in our area. The projected landfall is roughly between Apalachicola and New Orleans.

In Marion, Sumter and Lake counties you might want to try to protect the outside pipes.

He said there is a chance of a major hurricane striking the Gulf Coast. That percentage chance is at 47 percent.

I don't think we are going to break the record this morning but overnight tonight temperatures are going to be even colder than what we are seeing this morning.

The fog is going to remain on the thick side until about 9 a.m. today and after 9 a.m., the fog will lift and it will form some low clouds that will block the sunshine for a good portion of the morning. So, kind of a dreary start to our day.

The fire threat is still high because the area is so dry.