New Year’s Eve remaining dry, fog possible

Forecast: New Year’s Eve remaining dry, fog possible

The Gulf Coast will remain mainly dry New Years Eve some fog is possible

Updated: 7:14 PM EST Dec 31, 2024

WILL BE OPEN, THOUGH. >> SO MUCH GOING ON. >> IT’S GOING TO BE A FUN NIGHT. I JUST WANT YOU GUYS USE CARS. YEAH. OUTSIDE WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE DRIVE THEM. IT’S ALREADY A DANGEROUS NIGHT ON THE ROAD. PEOPLE DRINK IN. LAST THING WE NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE BOATS OUT TO WATCH FIREWORKS TO SOMETIMES WHICH COULD BE DANGEROUS. IT WAS ROUGH DRIVING HOME LAST NIGHT. I LET ME TELL YA, YOU COULDN’T EVEN SEE STREET SIGNS. SO YEAH, PLEASE USE CAUTION OUT THERE LATER ON THIS EVENING WHEN THE FOG DOES GET EVEN MORE DENSE. BUT TAKING A LOOK INTO FORT MYERS BEACH RIGHT NOW, ALREADY A GOOD CROWD DESPITE ALL OF THE FOG THAT’S OUT THERE CURRENTLY. SO, YEAH, PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO BE HANGING OUT WITH OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY JUST KNOW >> THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING WIDESPREAD FOG THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EVENING. LET’S GET A CLOSER LOOK AT WHERE I’M SEEING THE DENSEST OF THAT FOG RIGHT NOW. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT BLOB OF YELLOW. THAT’S WHERE I’M SEEING IT. CURRENTLY IT NOW STILL SEEING FOG DOWN INTO THE NAPLES AREA, EVEN INTO MARCO ISLAND. BUT THIS IS WHERE IT’S THE DENSEST CURRENTLY IN REALLY REDUCING OUR VISIBILITY. YOU CAN EVEN SEE SOME OF THOSE ORANGE PATCHES IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY. TAKE A LOOK AT PORT CHARLOTTE ROTUNDA, EVEN INTO GORDA. PIRATE HARBOR, BURNT STORE MARINA. AND YOU CAN NOTICE IT’S CLOSER TOWARDS THE COASTLINE. IT’S PUSHING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INLAND AS WE GO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, CAPE CORAL, YOU CAN’T EVEN SEE OUT THE CAMERA OF CAPE CORAL THIS EVENING. SAINT JAMES CITY, EVEN INTO SANIBEL, SAN CARLOS PARK. SO, AGAIN, LIKE WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, GIVE YOURSELF SOME EXTRA TIME OUT THERE ON THE ROADWAYS. PLEASE PUT SOME SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE CAR AHEAD OF YOU. AND OF COURSE, USE YOUR LOW BEAMS OUT THERE. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE DRIVING. AND UNFORTUNATELY IT IS GOING TO BE THE TIME FRAME AROUND MIDNIGHT. WE’RE REALLY GOING TO START TO SEE THAT GETTING MORE WIDESPREAD AND MORE DENSE WITH THAT VISIBILITY DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE AND SOME BACKYARDS. THE PLUS SIDE. IT’S GOING TO BE A NICE FEELING NIGHT. IT IS GOING TO BE DIPPING DOWN INTO THE 60’S. BUT THAT’S COMFORTABLE A LITTLE BIT. MUGGY AS WELL. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT IT’S A COMFORTABLE NIGHT JUST KIND OF NOT THE PRETTIEST OF NIGHTS FOR FIREWORK. SO LET’S TIME THAT OUT WITH THE FOG FUTURECAST. SO YOU CAN SEE IT GETTING WIDESPREAD LIKE I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT RIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT, RIGHT AT SUNRISE IS WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING. THE DENSEST AND WIDESPREAD QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY, EVEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATE PART OF THE MORNING. STILL GONNA HAVE SOME PATCHES OUT THERE. BUT IT’S GOING TO START TO LEFT AS WE HEAD INTO LATE MORNING EARLY AFTERNOON. AND WE’RE IN FOR A REALLY NICE DAY TO START OFF 2025. WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING LOTS OF SUNSHINE. SO THERE’S A SILVER LINING STARTING OUT THE NEW YEAR. IT’S GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY BEAUTIFUL TEMPERATURES GETTING INTO THE UPPER 70’S. SOME OF US COULD BE CREEPING INTO THE LOW 80’S. SO A WARM START, BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST COLD FRONT THAT’S GOING TO BE PUSHING THROUGH TOMORROW. SO YOU’RE NOT GOING TO NOTICE IT AS IT DOES PUSH THROUGH. IT’S GOING TO BE A DRY FRONT. SO MAYBE A COUPLE EXTRA CLOUDS OVERHEAD, BUT STILL LOTS OF SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. BUT YOU SEE ALL OF THAT DARK BLUE COLLAR THAT STARTING TO MOVE IN. THAT’S THAT DRIER AIR. SO THAT’S GOING TO BE DROPPING OUR CHANCES FOR THAT FOG AS WE GO FORWARD. BUT IT’S ALSO COOLER AIR. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TEMPERATURES AS WE WAKE UP THURSDAY MORNING ABOUT 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING TOMORROW MORNING. SO DIPPING DOWN INTO THE 40’S FOR SOME OF US LIKE ARCADIA, GORDA AT 52 WAKING UP ON THURSDAY. BUT THEN THE REAL QUESTION IS THE PROBABLY SEEN IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ARE WEAKENING SNOW NEXT WEEKEND. THAT CHANCE IS VERY, VERY UNLIKELY. BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME ARCTIC AIR PUSHING INTO NEXT WEEKEND. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. BUT AS WE GO FORWARD THIS WEEK, OUR FORECAST IS PRETTY CERTAIN IT’S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. LITTLE BIT

Forecast: New Year’s Eve remaining dry, fog possible

The Gulf Coast will remain mainly dry New Years Eve some fog is possible

Updated: 7:14 PM EST Dec 31, 2024

A dense fog advisory has been issued for Desoto, Lee, Charlotte and Collier counties tonight from 7 p.m. until 10 a.m. tomorrow morning. New Year’s Eve will be mainly dry and mild, while some areas of fog will be possible tonight. Use caution when traveling to and from your New Year’s celebration as some areas maybe foggy mixed along with smoke from fireworks.Mild temperatures near the surface, light winds, and higher humidity values will contribute to developing fog chances tonight. Heading into 2025, drier and cooler conditions are expected over the next several days.A series of cold fronts to start off the new year will send low temperatures back into the 40s by the weekend with highs struggling to reach 70 degrees. This colder-than-average period is expected to last for at least the first two weeks of January. Happy New Year’s everyone! Follow the NBC2 weather team on social mediaChief Meteorologist Allyson Rae on Facebook and XMeteorologist Jason Dunning on Facebook and XMeteorologist Rob Duns on Facebook and XMeteorologist Lauren Hope on Facebook and XMeteorologist Jesslyn Ferentz on Facebook and XWatch our forecasts on TV or onlineHere’s where to find our latest video forecastYou can also watch a livestream of our latest newscast hereDOWNLOAD the free NBC2 News app for your latest news and weather alerts.

FORT MYERS, Fla. —

A dense fog advisory has been issued for Desoto, Lee, Charlotte and Collier counties tonight from 7 p.m. until 10 a.m. tomorrow morning.

New Year’s Eve will be mainly dry and mild, while some areas of fog will be possible tonight.

Use caution when traveling to and from your New Year’s celebration as some areas maybe foggy mixed along with smoke from fireworks.

Mild temperatures near the surface, light winds, and higher humidity values will contribute to developing fog chances tonight.

Heading into 2025, drier and cooler conditions are expected over the next several days.

A series of cold fronts to start off the new year will send low temperatures back into the 40s by the weekend with highs struggling to reach 70 degrees.

This colder-than-average period is expected to last for at least the first two weeks of January.

Happy New Year’s everyone!

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