South Florida braces for SNOWFALL....
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Sgt_ROCK
01/02/2008, 1:34 PM #
Can you guess where I am going with this? :-)
Snow Flurries Possible In Central Florida During Hard Freeze
Daytona Beach, Titusville, Palm Bay May See Snow
POSTED: 6:40 am EST January 2, 2008
UPDATED: 12:13 pm EST January 2, 2008
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A hard freeze expected in parts of Central Florida early Thursday will bring a chance of snow flurries in Daytona Beach and other areas as temperatures drop into the teens and low 20s.
"There will be clouds that are similar to the clouds that are generated in the Great Lakes states when we have lake-effect snow," Local 6 meteorologist Larry Mowry said. "I'm going to call for the possibility of snow flurries early Thursday morning near the coastline."
Mowry said residents in Daytona Beach, Titusville, Palm Bay and Melbourne may see the snow flurries Thursday.
The hard freeze warning was issued for areas north of Interstate 4 and counties located south of I-4 were under a general freeze warning.
Temperatures were expected to drop to 19 degrees in parts of Ocala early Thursday.
"There is really a bite in the air," Mowry said. "With those strong winds out of the northwest, we are not going to warm up a lot Wednesday."
Many of the freeze warnings will begin at 1 a.m. Thursday and end at 9 a.m.
A freeze warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely.
So, temperatures in many counties are expected to drop below 28 degrees for four or more hours, Mowry reported.
The conditions can kill sensitive vegetation as well as harm small animals left outdoors without shelter.
