Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Tuesday, January 21, 2025

• A low pressure system is moving along the central gulf waters and will bring widespread precipitation across North and Central Florida throughout the day.
• Very cold air to the north of the system will allow for wintertime precipitation to develop from west to east along the I-10 corridor throughout the day.
• Mostly snow cab be expected west of the Apalachicola River, with a mixture of wintry precipitation (snow, sleet, freezing rain) developing along the river and to the east.
• For areas east of the river, precipitation will likely start of as rain then begin to transition to a more wintry-mix and combination of precipitation types.
• For the southeast Big Bend and Northeast Florida, a wintry mix with more freezing rain is likely later this evening and into the early morning hours on Wednesday.
• Winter Storm Warnings are in effect throughout North Florida through today and into Wednesday, with Winter Storm Advisories for St. Johns, eastern Putnam and Marion Counties where there is potential for some light icing during the overnight hours and early Wednesday morning.
• Forecast Precipitation Totals Breakdown:
• Snow: 1-3″ across the Panhandle and western Big Bend, with locally higher totals upwards of 4-6″ possible in heavier banding
• Ice Accumulation: 0.01-0.10″ the western Big Bend towards Suwannee Valley, with greater totals upwards of 0.1-0.25″ across the Suwannee Valley and Northeast Florida
• Regardless, deteriorating conditions can be expected to develop this morning across the western Panhandle, then extend eastward throughout the day across the rest of the Panhandle and Big Bend and eventually overnight and into Wednesday morning along the rest of the Big Bend and Northeast Florida.
• High temperatures will reach the upper 20s to low 30s across the western Panhandle, middle to upper 30s and low 40s along the rest of the Panhandle, middle to upper 40s and low 50s across the Big Bend and Northeast Florida, 50s and 60s throughout Central Florida and 60s to low 70s across South Florida.
• Feels-like temperatures will only reach the upper teens to 20s across the Panhandle and upper 20s to middle 30s across the western Big Bend this afternoon creating brutally cold wind chills.
• Dangerously cold temperatures and can be expected overnight throughout North Florida, with temperatures reaching the teens across the Panhandle, upper teens to low 20s across the western Big Bend, middle to upper 20s across the rest of the Big Bend, upper 20s to low 30s throughout Northeast Florida and the Suwannee Valley and low to middle 30s throughout the northern Peninsula and Nature Coast.
• Extremely dangerous wind chills can be expected overnight and into early Wednesday morning with wind chills in the single digits (possibly as low as 4-degrees) along the Panhandle, teens across the western Big Bend, upper teens to low 20s across the eastern Big Bend and Northeast Florida, low to middle 20s throughout the Suwannee Valley and upper 20s to low 30s across the Nature Coast and just north of the I-4 corridor.
• Extreme Cold Warnings will go into effect overnight and continue into Wednesday morning for extremely dangerously cold wind chills across the Panhandle and into the western Big Bend.
• Cold Weather Advisories can be expected across the rest of North Florida and the I-10 corridor through this morning, with additional ones through tonight for dangerous wind chills.
• Scattered showers can be expected throughout the day across Central and South Florida with the low pressure system moving across the gulf waters and towards the Peninsula.
• Breezy wind gusts of 20-30 mph can be expected the central Peninsula, with stronger wind gusts upwards of 40 mph along the East-Central Coast. Wind Advisories are in effect.
• Feels-like temperatures will fall  into the middle to upper 30s and low 40s north of the I-4 corridor and Nature Coast. Cold Weather Advisories can will go into effect overnight and early Wednesday morning.
• Moderate to high risk for rip currents can be expected along nearly all beaches statewide.

Instances of minor to moderate coastal flooding will be possible across the Northeast Florida coast with gusty onshore winds and elevated water levels.