A cold front moving through South Florida during the day Saturday will bring a quick moving line of showers through the area. Behind the front, cooler and drier air will fill back into the area by the afternoon and evening hours.

It was warmer in Anchorage — yes, that Anchorage, in Alaska — than it was in some parts of Florida early Wednesday morning. At 5:30 a.m., it was 45 degrees, with a wind chill of 41 in Anchorage, according to the National Weather Service.

Flying south through smoky skies down the famous Malibu coast, at first the burnt-out mansions are the exception -- solitary wrecks, smoldering away between rows of intact, gleaming beachfront villas.Where row upon row of family homes once stood, all that remain are occasional chimneys, blackened tree stumps and charred timber.

Central Florida’s new year begins with plenty of sun and dropping temperatures as a cold front makes its way into the region, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.

MIAMI - It was another chilly South Florida morning, but not as cold as the previous couple of days. Temperatures were mostly in the low 50s, with some upper 40s, in Broward and Miami-Dade. It was cool across the Keys with the upper 50s.

Cold Start, Mild End for South Florida Today