Pattern change!!

It's officially the latter half of October and a major shift in the U.S. weather pattern is underway.  The cold air that has been building up over Canada and Alaska is sliding southward and will cool things off for much of the eastern half of the nation.  The net effect of such a pattern change at Santa Rosa Beach will be to stall out a frontal system just off the coast and create several days of clouds and showers.  Here is the resulting seven day potential precipitation total for the Florida peninsula, which shows roughly 2.5 inches of rainfall for the beachfront between now and the middle of next week:

Today through Saturday the clouds will reign supreme but Sunday some sun will return.  Then the "big chill" shows up for much of the country as this model forecast for next Thursday afternoon indicates:

The cool blue shading representing the colder Canadian air dives all the way to the Gulf Coast states...but the good news is that it warms up quite a bit before reaching the beaches.  Daily high temperatures will remain in the mid-70's for the majority of the next week altho' I expect next Thursday will be a bit chillier with highs only in the upper 60's.  

After that quick cool blast the weather at Casablanca on 30A will warm back up much quicker than points north and east, so plan to come on down and enjoy the beach!