A blast of winter weather is set to bring snowfall and subfreezing wind chills across the Midwest and East Coast as well as near-freezing temperatures in parts of the South, including Florida.

A strong cold front is expected to move into the Southeast this weekend, bringing colder temperatures and enough moisture to potentially produce snow in parts of North Florida and the Panhandle.

While the corridor for measurable snow is narrowing across parts of the Deep South and southeastern U.S. this weekend, rare snow is expected to fall across portions of the Southeast, with flakes falling in the Carolinas and dipping as far south as Florida.

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As far as the amount of snow that falls in the eastern parts of Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, as well as farther up along the mid-Atlantic coast and into southeastern New England, that will depend on the exact track of the storm, as a small shift can make a big difference, Sosnowski said.

Cold air behind the front will flow down into the Florida Panhandle. This colder air will mix with precipitation located along the boundary front and could result in snow in parts of North Florida, including the state capitol of Tallahassee. The snowfall is expected to be isolated to a few hours on Sunday, mid-to-late morning.

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Freeze warnings were in place for 55 of Florida's 67 counties, and cold weather advisories were in place for 64 counties as far south as Miami-Dade County. At 5 a.m., the National Weather Service in Jacksonville reported it had tied its daily record low, with temps dropping to 22 degrees, which was last set in 1927.