Cold-weather shelter to open in North Port

NORTH PORT, Fla. (WWSB) - With temperatures expected to dip into the 40s Monday night, a cold-weather shelter will be available in North Port for those in need, the North Port Police Department said.

The shelter will open at 5 p.m. at the 100 Church, at 14525 Tamiami Trail. The shelter will close Tuesday morning, police said on Twitter.

ABC7 meteorologist John Scalzi said after sunset, temperatures will fall into the 50s then into the 40s. Inland areas may even see a few upper 30s when the wind chill is factored in.

Expect about two days of cool weather before a warming trend takes us back into the mid-70s.

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