Arctic Air and Gusty Winds Bring Potential for Light Snow in Florida

Florida braces for frost and possible snow flurries as winter storms h

MIAMI (AP) — Florida won’t be getting hit with massive blankets of snow and ice like the rest of the U.S., but even frosty windshields and a few flurries can feel like Antarctica to people with permanent sandal tans. The Midwest and South have been getting major winter storms for several days, and a giant cyclone forecast in the Atlantic Ocean is expected to pull that cold weather east as a powerful blizzard this weekend. The worst seems to be h…

Arctic air and gusty winds bring potential for light snow in Florida

Florida braces for extremely cold Arctic air and gusty winds, with a chance of light snow in the Tampa area on Saturday night.

Gulf-effect snow possible in Florida as Arctic blast hits this weekend

Snow flurries attributed to "Gulf-effect rain and snow" might appear as far south as Tampa.

Will it snow this weekend in Tampa Bay as an even colder air mass arrives?

Snow flurries in Tampa Bay?  There’s a very small chance it might happen this weekend.  The flurries may come north of Tampa and south of Crystal River, according to Florida Public Radio Emergency Network Meteorologist Andrew Wulfeck.  He said there is a low chance of the flurries happening, and they could occur from about 3 until 8 o’clock Sunday morning.     “If it happens, which is still a big if at this point, it would look like dust in the …

Even colder air is on the way. Will it snow?

Florida’s cold snap continues across much of the peninsula, and the next cold front will bring very cold air over the weekend — likely the coldest in over a decade for many. Across a peninsula, the winds will shift in the late afternoon Friday and start coming in from the southwest. Temperatures on Friday afternoon will be much warmer than they’ve been throughout much of this past week. The high temperatures will likely hit 70 degrees across muc…