Clusters of strong storms are expected in the Tampa area between 10 p.m. Saturday and 5 a.m. Sunday, while residents in the Sarasota and Manatee region should see the worst weather between 4 and 10 a.m. Sunday.
Update 4:30 pm: A Tornado Watch has been issued for much of north-central Florida until Midnight. Thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes are moving
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It will start with possible sea fog on Christmas Eve morning, followed by rain, potentially strong storms, and a cold Christmas Day and weekend.
Wednesday promises the last sense of weather normalcy for a few days as an approaching cold front will produce a turbulent Christmas holiday.
This includes a wet Christmas Eve with potentially powerful storms, followed by a brutally cold – by Florida standards – Christmas Day and into the weekend.
After a chilly morning, temperatures on Wednesday will rise to above normal, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s with increasing moisture, according to the National Weather Service.
Conditions turn ugly on Christmas Eve as a cold front that’s stretching across the nation dips down into the state and approaches the region, bringing morning sea fog followed by increasing rain chances.
Dean Diane McFarlin, UF College of Journalism and Communications
By Sue Wagner
December 20, 2020
Today’s episode features Diane McFarlin, dean of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications in Gainesville. After an eight-year tenure, Dean McFarlin is retiring from the College. She is an alumna of UF with a degree in news editing. She has enjoyed an exciting career as a newspaper reporter, editor, managing editor and was publisher of the
Sarasota Herald Tribune for 23 years become coming back to UF.
McFarlin reminisces on her time at the college and the accomplishments that will be part of her legacy including establishing The Agency, the STEM Translational Communication Center, the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network, the Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, expanding the faculty to be more diverse and inclusive and much more.