Weather

It's been a chilly couple of days in the Bay Area. Runners and walkers bundled up Wednesday morning on Bayshore Boulevard. Fortunately, the warmup has already started and temperatures are beginning to rise but for some, the damage from this week's cold snap will linger.

The National Weather Service routinely warns people about falling rain, snow and hail, but temperatures are dropping so low in South Florida the forecasters warned residents about falling iguanas.

Cold temperatures and freeze warnings across the Tampa Bay area have caused people to seek shelter and protect their plants and pets.

Tampa woke up to a low temperature of 40 this morning, and all of the ingredients are in place for a colder night tonight -- including a breezy wind chill.

The 3,800-acre burn is in Levy County, but strong winds are carrying smoke to the south. The National Weather Service even noted that the smoke is visible on satellite imagery and radar.

The National Weather Service usually sticks to atmospheric weather events, but the agency made a special exception and expanded forecasting criteria to include things falling from above.

Florida’s stretch of warm, sunny weather has come to an end, and it’s going to get even colder.