Contributing photos. These photos (at left and below) were e-mailed to NSBNEWS.net by Jeanette DiCara, showing the early Saturday morning sleet on the plants outside her Edgewater home. Overnight Saturday temperatures are expected to plunge to the coldest levels so far this year with lows in the teens, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A casualty of the freezing rain Saturday was the weekend BalloonFest at New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport. The good news is there is no more freezing rain expected this weekend.
No make-up date has yet been set for the second annual aerial extravaganza that last year drew 10,000 spectators.
With no signs of improving weather and overnight Saturday lows expected to drop into the teens, the BalloonFest was put on hold.
The National Weather Service put out a weather bulletin warning of extremely cold overnight temperatures fueled by a wind chill. Here is the advisory:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1208 PM EST SAT JAN 9 2010 ...LOW WIND CHILLS EXPECTED THROUGH THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING... COUNTY SPECIFIC MESSAGE: /O.CAN.KMLB.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100109T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.WC.W.0003.100110T0200Z-100110T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMLB.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100110T0200Z/ INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO... SANFORD...DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT 1208 PM EST SAT JAN 9 2010 ...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING...
..WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY...
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY AS PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE LITTLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...KEEPING WIND CHILLS AROUND FREEZING TO THE MID 30S THROUGHOUT THE DAYTIME HOURS. THIS MEANS IF YOU WILL BE OUTSIDE ANYTIME TODAY...YOU WILL NEED TO DRESS APPROPRIATELY FOR THE COLD WEATHER.
COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BRING LOWER WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE REGION. WITH WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM THE MID TEENS NEAR THE OCALA FOREST...TO THE LOW 20S AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE TREASURE COAST. COLD TEMPERATURES AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LOW WIND CHILLS AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. IF YOU VENTURE OUTDOORS... DRESS WARMLY IN LAYERS AND MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN...THIS MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE OR HYPOTHERMIA IF YOU REMAIN IN THESE FREEZING CONDITIONS FOR AN EXTENDED DURATION.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS....DRESS WARMLY IN LAYERS AND MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
AFFECTED COUNTIES: IN FLORIDA: LAKE, ORANGE, SEMINOLE, VOLUSIA.