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 .
Historic winter storm shatters records across the South, leaving millions grappling with extreme cold and unprecedented snowfall into the weekend.
MIAMI - South Florida is in for a wet, cloudy and cool Wednesday. Early in the morning, patchy dense fog reduced visibility in parts of South Florida. The National Weather Service issued a dense fog advisory for inland areas of Broward and Miami-Dade.
A thaw is much needed as state and local officials struggle to clear roadways left unnavigable by the unprecedented Southern storm.
The figures are unofficial because National Weather Service officials must assess totals, but Florida appears to have broken a state snow record.
“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.”
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.
Thursday's women's college basketball showdown between LSU and South Carolina has been postponed to Friday due to weather.
Florida saw the most snowfall in its history Tuesday, as a rare and deadly winter storm walloped the Gulf Coast and Southeast. The heaviest snow occurred around Pensacola, where 9 inches had fallen. That’s more than double the Sunshine State’s previous record.
The National Weather Service has issued extreme cold warnings, cold weather advisories and freeze warnings for Florida.
“I’m so glad I’m so much farther south. I moved to Florida to get away from the snow!” commented Jennifer Saxon Halam on his post. According to her Facebook, she lives in Englewood on Florida’s west coast about 88 miles south of Tampa. But just wait: Weather Underground forecasts a low of 38 there next Saturday morning.