A significant winter storm is bringing heavy snowfall across parts of the Gulf Coast, including the Florida Panhandle.

Winter Storm Warnings are in effect across North Florida and the entire Panhandle. Parts of north-central Florida, like Alachua and Marion County, are under a Winter Weather Advisory because of the potential for brief sleet or freezing rain to mix with rain through Wednesday morning.

Use extreme caution if traveling north up I-75 toward the Panhandle Wednesday morning. Cold temperatures will allow wintry precipitation to stick to the ground and rain could freeze, especially on bridges and overpasses, creating slick and dangerous travel.

Places like Tallahassee could experience 1 to 3 inches of snow before it tapers off tonight, and the western Panhandle could get up to 4 to 6 inches.

The all-time snow record in Tallahassee of 2.8 inches set on February 12-13, 1958 could be broken. The all-time Florida record of 4 inches from Milton, Fla, on March 6, 1954, could also fall.

Temperatures will be running below average around Tampa Bay, but it won't be cold enough to support the wintry weather that the Florida Panhandle will experience. Lows will stay in the 40s for much of the I-4 corridor tonight with cold rain.

A stalled front will be the source of deep moisture riding along it for the next few days, offering rounds of rain across Tampa Bay and Central Florida while temperatures stay below average. Tuesday will feature periods of rain, mostly light to moderate, with highs only in the 50s.

Breezy winds from the north, combined with the colder temperatures moving in, have prompted a Cold Weather Advisory for much of the area.

Wind chills will fall into the 20s and 30s tonight. Keep your pets inside and bundle up!

Showers will taper on Wednesday but will regenerate on Thursday as the next wave of low pressure rides along the stalled front. 

It will take a few days for temperatures to bounce back, so plan on highs in the 50s through Friday. Some of the coldest lows of the week will happen Friday and Saturday mornings with widespread 30s expected. 

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