ORLANDO, Fla. — We had another round of record-breaking heat across Central Florida Monday, but a cold front is forecast to bring us a shot of cooler, drier air.

Highs remained eight to 10 degrees above seasonable levels for many Central Florida neighborhoods. Melbourne has now topped record highs for the third day in a row, but our pattern is about to change. Daytona Beach hit 86 degrees today, eclipsing the record of 85 set in 1991. 

A cold front slowly drifting in our direction is set to pass by overnight into the first part of Tuesday, bringing us from record breaking heat, to highs in the 60s by mid-week. =

Moisture and warmth surging in on a south-southwest wind ahead of the front is helping fuel scattered showers and embedded thunderstorms. Until the front clears us, we keep the threat for rain overnight into the first half of Tuesday.

We'll warm into the 70s Tuesday, then drop back into the 60s for highs Wednesday and Thursday. Thursday morning low temperatures will dip into the upper 30s in Marion and Flagler Counties, and low to mid 40s elsewhere.

High pressure slides back over us and provides plenty of sunshine Wednesday through Friday, while an approaching system next weekend brings us increasing clouds Saturday and storm chances by Sunday.

Highs Friday through Sunday will be back above average well into the 70s. Our weather whiplash continues!

An east-southeast swell and underlying mix will combine with wave heights of one to two feet to provide us generally poor to occasionally fair surfing conditions Tuesday.

Showers for the first part of Tuesday may keep the beaches quiet, but our sky gradually clears a bit into the mid to late afternoon for those of you hoping for beach time. The rip current threat is low.

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