5-Day Forecast for Lake Mary

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Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
90° F | 72° F 32° C | 22° C	90° F | 74° F 32° C | 23° C	92° F | 74° F 33° C | 23° C	90° F | 74° F 32° C | 23° C	90° F | 74° F 32° C | 23° C
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Tomorrow is forecast to be nearly the same temperature as today.

 

 

Greater Orlando , alternatively known as the Orlando Area or Metro Orlando , is the third most populated metropolitan region in the state of Florida, and the 27th-largest metro area in the United States. It is defined by the Office of Management and Budget for census purposes as the Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area . The MSA consists of Lake, Osceola, Orange and Seminole Counties. Greater Orlando has a population of 1,984,855 according to the U.S. Census Bureau 2006 population estimates. The size of the city of Orlando is very unusual for a metropolitan area of its size since most of the inhabitants of the area live in the suburbs and surrounding areas in Orange and Seminole counties, whereas the total population of the city proper is only 213,223 people (2005 estimate).

The Orlando-Kissimmee MSA is also combined with the metropolitan areas of Deltona (Volusia County) and Palm Coast (Flagler County), plus the micropolitan area of The Villages (Sumter County), to create the Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach, Florida, Combined Statistical Area ^[1] (shaded pink in map to right), with a total population (as of 2005) of 2,633,282.^[2]

Many consider Brevard County a part of Greater Orlando as well, with smaller numbers also include Indian River County. Some consider there to be a rivalry between Greater Orlando and the Tampa Bay Area over which region Polk County is part of. Polk is served by media outlets from both regions, but for now is its own metropolitan area.

Greater Orlando is best known for its tourism industry, which attracts millions of visitors each year. Some consider Orlando (with many referring to Walt Disney World Resort in particular) to be the "vacation capitol of the world".

The citrus industry has declined over the past 100 years as farmers moved orange groves further south to more frostproof areas. Some consider the Christmas 1989 freeze to be the death knell of commercial citrus farming within Greater Orlando. Only one major orange juice plant remains in the area, in Apopka. Originally the first juicing plant of Minute Maid, it is now owned by the Florida's Natural Growers orange cooperative.

Other agricultural pursuits, particularly cattle farming, remain important parts of the Central Florida economy.

Central Florida has served as a major military defense and aerospace center since the Cold War. Most prominent is Lockheed Martin, which operates both a laboratory and a manufacturing facility in Orlando. Military presence has been important since World War II, with McCoy Air Force Base, originally Pinecastle Army Air Field and now the location of Orlando International Airport, and Naval Training Center Orlando downtown during the Cold War. McCoy AFB was a major hub of B-52 Stratofortress operations. McCoy AFB was split between the city (for the new Airport) and NTC Orlando in 1974, and NTC Orlando closed in the mid-1990s. Orlando Sanford International Airport was originally Naval Air Station Sanford.

Central Florida is a growing technology center. University of Central Florida is regarded as one of the best computer and engineering public universities in the United States, and is about to receive a Medical School. It also hosts offices for Oracle Corporation and Electronic Arts, and was formerly a manufacturing point for Lucent Technologies.