Rare Snowfall For Florida, Central Georgia

After days of analyzing forecast models, which kept building up and tearing down expectations, snowflakes are actually falling as far south as north Florida Sunday morning.

Winter weather advisories have been updated to include a piece of the far northern portion of Florida and remain for much of central Georgia.

Some advisories across central Georgia have been updated to winter storm warnings, where 1-3 inches of snowfall is possible.

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This snow is connected to a new storm system that is trying to crank up along the East Coast, which is bringing a little snowfall, or at least a wintry mix, to parts of the Southeast, a dream come true for Southern snow lovers.

What You Should Know:

- Lighter snow will occur across parts of the Southeast on Sunday

- Central Georgia is where the heaviest snowfall is expected

- Another strong, cold front will drop temperatures for much of the East through Sunday

- This is not expected to be a widely disruptive snowstorm.

- Regardless of snowfall, cold air is expected across the South. Be prepared to protect your pipes, plants and pets

Deeper Dive: What's Going On?

A disturbance has developed across the northeastern Gulf. With extremely cold air in place, and enough moisture to produce precipitation, a rare snow is falling across the Southeast for the second time in two years.

While for most, this will be more of a conversational or nuisance event, there may be enough snow to cause travel issues in parts of Georgia or Alabama, as noted in the blue color on the map below. Those in this region could see slippery roads and bridges.

The dark blue areas on the map below are where winter storm warnings are in effect, which is where the heaviest snowfall is forecast at this time.

As you can see on the graphic below, there is a lot of wiggle room in this forecast between paltry snowfall to over 3 inches.

Outside of the Appalachians, our forecast, so far, has been for less than an inch of snow across the Southeast.

Frigid Cold Airmass In Place

The one thing we do have that is typically lacking from southern events is plentiful cold air. While this cold air may not penetrate as far south as previous surges, it will bring overnight temperatures down into the teens, 20s and 30s nearly down to the Gulf Coast. Monday morning will be even colder, especially along the Atlantic coast and into Florida.

Jonathan Belles has been a digital meteorologist for weather.com for 9 years and also assists in the production of videos for The Weather Channel en español. His favorite weather is tropical weather, but also enjoys covering high-impact weather and news stories and winter storms. He's a two-time graduate of Florida State University and a proud graduate of St. Petersburg College.