More incentive to head to the beach

If you weren't - or aren't - prepared for this weekend's cold blast check out this temperature forecast graphic for Sunday evening October 7:

These temperatures for the atmospheric layer at 5000 feet (which I've picked because they aren't influenced much by daytime heating or nighttime cooling) show the "dagger" of cold air pouring out of Canada over most of the eastern half of the U.S., with the bluer shades representing colder temperatures.  Notice the temperatures over the panhandle of Florida...much warmer than those over the states to the north. 


Here are a few forecast high temperatures for Monday, which is Columbus Day:
     Washington DC     59 degrees (F)
     New York, NY       60
     Chicago, IL           60
     Indianapolis, IN     58 (with morning frost!!)
     Columbus, OH      56 (again, with morning frost!!)

What's Monday's forecast high for Santa Rosa Beach?    How about 77 warm degrees?!!!  So if you're not quite ready for the cold air think about what it would be like to be on the beach under sunny skies and short-sleeve temperatures at Casablanca on 30A.