Wee Bit of White Stuff in Orlando, Florida

Published: 11/22/06, 2:06 PM EDT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - There was hardly a run on snow shovels, but a few flakes of the white stuff hit the ground in Orlando for the first time since 2003, meteorologists said.

The flakes mixed with rain fell Tuesday night in the central Florida hometown of Walt Disney World, National Weather Service meteorologist John Pendergrast said.

"It's just cold enough in the lower levels of the atmosphere" to keep the flakes from melting, he said.

The last time the region saw snow was in 2003, when flakes fell over Brevard and Volusia counties.

Temperatures in the area Tuesday night dipped to the low 40s, with cold weather in the area expected through Thanksgiving.


^^ Now that is just weird, but I bet it was cool to see. Sadly, the rare bouts of snow never make it this far south, but snow or not, it was colder than a bitch 'round here last night and with the wind kicking up, it was downright frosty. And I know this because I was outside running around in my bare feet just after midnight, and gods, my poor abused feet were practically in need of thawing out when I came back inside. Ouch.