Warming temperatures and abundant sunlight — ice and snow’s biggest enemies — should soon melt most of the frozen precipitation that fell on Tallahassee.
"Re-freezing of snow and sleet melt is expected this evening, as temperatures plummet well below freezing after dark."
Forecasters said it was too early to tell whether the ice and snow would approach or beat Tallahassee’s all-time snowfall record of 2.8 inches set in 1958.
The wind chills as low as 15 degrees are expected for parts of Alabama, Georgia and Florida Thursday evening into Friday morning.
The National Weather Service and European global models show increasing chances of snow in Florida on Monday and Tuesday night.
Here's the latest on what the storm brought to the Panhandle and North Florida Tuesday ... meteorologist with the National Weather Service Tallahassee. No record was set.
“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.”
The National Weather Service has issued extreme cold warnings, cold weather advisories and freeze warnings for Florida.
Temperatures in North Florida last week were downright frigid. From Jan. 19-25, Pensacola's average temperature was 33.8 degrees, which is 17.3 degrees below the average temperature for the same time frame, according to the NWS.
Snow in the Sunshine State doesn't happen very often. But it did. And here are the photos from Pensacola to Yulee to prove it.
Weather data from cities across the state suggest that while temperatures are gradually rebounding, variations persist in different regions.
Schools across North Florida have already announced ... according to the National Weather Service Tallahassee. Total snow accumulations up to one inch and ice accumulations up to two tenths ...