Photo by Steve Bibeault / headline Surfer / Above: Panoramic view of Daytona Beach Shores, south of the Thomas Staed Veterans Memorial Bridge in Daytona Beach and north of the Dunlawton Bridge in Port Orange, Florida
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It looks like picture-perfect weather is in the forecast for New Year's weekend.
At least through New Year's Eve and Sunday morning with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Headline Surfer screenshots / Volusia County Beach Cams: Top: Dunlawton ramp, Daytona Beach Shores. Bottom: Flagler Avenue beach ramp, New Smyrna Beach.
Here is the five-day forecast for greater Daytona Beach from the National Weather Service in Melbourne.
TODAY: Sunny skies with a high near 83 with a south southwest wind of 5 to 10 mph. Tonight calls for patchy fog rolling in after 3 a.m. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 62, and calm wind.
FRIDAY: Patchy fog will dissipate around 8.m. with mostly sunny skies with a high near 82, with a southwest wind at 5 to 10 mph. Then has the clock starts ticking to New Year's Eve, there will be partly cloudy skies with a low around 62. And winds shifting from south to southwest at 5 mph after midnight.
NEW YEAR'S DAY: Sunny, with a high near 84. South southwest winds of 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
SUNDAY: Partly sunny skies in the morning with mid-day highs around 83. Things could change by early afternoon with a 40 percent chance of showers or and thunderstorms. And southwest winds at 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
About the Byline Writer: Henry Frederick is a member of the working press and publisher of Headline Surfer, the award-winning 24/7 internet news outlet launched in 2008, that serves greater Daytona Beach, Sanford & Orlando from Lake Mary, Florida via HeadlineSurfer.com. Frederick has amassed close to 150 award-winning bylines in print & online. He earned his Master of Arts in New Media Journalism from Full Sail University in 2019. He was a breaking news reporter (metro cops & courts beat) for the Daytona Beach News-Journal for nearly a decade. And Before that worked the same beat for The Journal-News/Gannett Suburban Newspapers in Rockland/Westchester counties, NY, dating back to 1989. Having witnessed the execution of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Florida's death chamber and covering other high profile cases, Frederick has appeared on national crime documentary shows on Discovery ID, Reelz, and the Oxygen Network series "Snapped" for his analysis. • Award-Winning Journalism: Florida Press Club recognizes Headline Surfer for nine stories in 2020 statewide competition. • Award-Winning Journalism of Henry Frederick.