The National Weather Service has issued extreme cold warnings, cold weather advisories and freeze warnings for Florida.
There's a very slight chance that the very northern tips of a few Florida Panhandle counties could see a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow.
Historic winter storm shatters records across the South, leaving millions grappling with extreme cold and unprecedented snowfall into the weekend.
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 .
In Florida, the Panhandle experienced record-breaking snow, with Milton recording 8.8 inches, breaking a previous record set in 1954.
“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.”
From Pensacola to Jacksonville, snowfall was reported ranging from inches-deep to a light dusting. A whopping 9.8 inches was recorded in Milton, Fla. a city about 23 miles northeast of Pensacola. In nearby Molino, 9.5 inches of snow was recorded.
according to the National Weather Service. AccuWeather reports that the first of two eastern storms will bring heavy downpours through most of the western Florida Panhandle, from Pensacola to ...
As white-sand beaches became covered by white snow during a historic snowstorm, more than 30 frozen sea turtles were rescued off Florida’s coast. “When water temperatures drop to 50 degrees Fahrenheit or below,
Interstate 10 from the Alabama/Florida state line almost to Tallahassee has been closed since Wednesday evening. Conditions have now improved.
The National Weather Service and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast model are now in agreement as the chance of snow creeps to 50% in the Florida Panhandle on Tuesday.