FIRST ALERT WEATHER: Large temperature swings this weekend, arctic cold front arrives late Sunday

Here’s what the First Alert Weather team says you can expect this evening and into the weekend:

• Clouds moving in tonight with lows in the 50s. A brief sprinkle is possible.
• A surge of winds out of the northeast off the cool Atlantic will make for a rather cloudy & brisk day to start the weekend on Saturday, with highs only in the 50s at the beaches with gusty winds to the 60s inland but falling into the 50s through the afternoon.
• Yet another quick warm-up & spring-like day Sunday, with highs near or above 80 degrees & near-record highs.
• A strong cold front – attached to a major winter storm that will bring a wide swath of freezing rain/sleet & snow from the Southern Plains to the Midwest, Tennessee & Ohio Valley to New England over the weekend into Monday – will swing across NE Florida & SE Georgia Sunday night into early Monday with a weakening band of rain showers. Highs Monday will be only in the 50s with strong winds out of the north, then temperatures will plummet to the 20s and 30s by early Tuesday with a widespread frost & freeze. Another frost & freeze can be expected early Wednesday & inland early Thursday, then another widespread frost & freeze early Friday.

TONIGHT: Increasing clouds with a few sprinkles & some fog late. Low: 53