As the Bay Area gets ready for a polar plunge, several counties are opening cold weather shelters for those who are homeless or live in homes without adequate heat.
This is ahead of a cold front that will bring frigid conditions across much of the greater Tampa Bay region.
Cold weather shelters are opening across the greater Tampa Bay region with temperatures expected to plunge on Christmas and into the weekend.
A cold front that will move through the state on Thursday is forecast to produce potentially strong thunderstorms before bringing near-freezing conditions throughout the region.
Forecasters say the coldest weather is expected Saturday morning.
Hillsborough, Pinellas, Hernando, Pasco, and Citrus counties have announced that they will open shelters later this week.
Here is a list of shelter locations and when they will be open: