Temperatures to plunge across South Florida
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Rare deep freeze underway in Florida as intensifying bitter blast extends as far south as Miami
While millions of Americans have been feeling the bitter arctic air this winter fueled by the Polar Vortex, Floridians will get their taste this week as a rare deep freeze is underway in the Sunshine State.
Sunday is currently forecasted to bring the coldest temperatures seen since 2010 as cold air sweeps south to the Sunshine State
An Arctic airmass is moving into Florida, bringing some of the coldest air of the season. Florida may have missed the snow, ice and sleet from the winter storm that slapped states from New Mexico to New England, but that doesn't mean the Sunshine State will escape unscathed.
Temperatures plunged from the record highs Monday afternoon in the upper-80s to the upper 40s Tuesday morning in parts of South Florida, according to CBS News Miami. It was 48 in Kendall, 49 in Pembroke Pines, 50 in Homestead and Fort Lauderdale, and 51 in Miami.
The latest forecasts spare Florida from any snow or sleet but "bitterly cold temperatures" are coming behind the front.
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Two cold snaps are on the way.