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.
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 .
A cool week remains ahead for South Floridians, bringing pleasant temperatures but rather misty conditions. The effects from blizzard conditions in states north of Florida have pushed into South Florida,
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.
A major storm spread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across the southern United States on Wednesday, breaking snow records and treating the region to unaccustomed perils and wintertime joy.
A powerful and rare winter storm swept across the South on Tuesday, bringing the first-ever Blizzard Warning to the Gulf Coast and blasting communities from Texas to Florida to the Carolinas with record-shattering snow that snarled travel and brought daily life to a halt.
While many people in the U.S. South are freaking out over a winter storm that brought record snowfall across Alabama, Florida and Louisiana,
Lingering frigid conditions could continue to disrupt the South in cities not accustomed to the deep freeze that has gripped much of the nation.
Florida is experiencing snow, a rare event for the Sunshine State. Learn more about the areas in Florida that witnessed snowfall.