It's officially snowed in north Florida on Tuesday afternoon and into Wednesday, the National Weather Service in Tallahassee confirmed. Videos and photos show the fluffy white stuff accumulating on the ground in Florida's Panhandle.
Expect wind chills ranging from the 30s in parts of the interior and Southwest Florida and the Lake Okeechobee area to low
A winter weather system headed toward North Florida prompted the governor to issue a state of emergency for the region on Monday.
The National Weather Service and European global models show increasing chances of snow in Florida on Monday and Tuesday night.
A strong winter storm blasting through the United States, including the Gulf Coast, is bringing the rare sight of snow and ice to northern Florida, and frigid rain to Tampa Bay.
“North winds 25 to 30 knots with gusts up to 45 knots. Seas 7 to 10 feet, occasionally to 13 feet,” the NWS marine forecast from Fernandina Beach south to St. Augustine said. “Intracoastal waters very rough. Showers. Freezing rain after midnight.”
With the chances of a historic Florida snow or ice storm inching upward, forecasters may issue a rare winter storm watch for a region more accustomed to squall lines and tropical threats.
Delivery times for post in over half the country could be impacted due to hazardous weather, the U.S. Postal Service said.
Snow fell in Houston and prompted the first ever blizzard warnings for several coastal counties near the Texas-Louisiana border. Snow covered the white-sand beaches of normally sunny vacation spots, including Gulf Shores, Alabama, and Pensacola Beach.
Parts of the Florida Panhandle were coated in a blanket of snow with temperatures at 25 degrees on Tuesday while Miami had temperatures in the 80s, seemingly two different worlds. From Pensacola down to Miami, there was a difference of 55 degrees, according to the National Weather Service Miami .
Back in January of 2010, pretty much the last time Fort Myers saw temperatures tumble below freezing (32 degrees) according to this story we published on Jan. 9, desperate times demanded desperate measures at the Wigert Bonsai Nursey in North Fort Myers.