Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida Are Unlikely to See Weekend Snow as Multiple Models Keep the Deep South Mostly Snow-Free

GEORGIA – If you’ve been seeing social-media chatter about “southern snow” this weekend, the newest set of model graphics tells a much calmer story for the Deep South. Across Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina, the prevailing signal in multiple model and ensemble snapshots is simple: no meaningful snow event is expected, and most communities remain snow-free.

The images provided feature snowfall mean output from several commonly referenced model suites—EPS, GEFS, UKMET, and the ECMWF (Euro)—and the shared theme is a lack of accumulation across the heart of the South. A few fringe areas show faint hints of snow farther north or near the southern Appalachians, but the Deep South lowlands stay largely blank.

What the graphics are actually saying

The headline on the graphic—“No Snow for the South!”—matches what the maps show:

The EPS (European ensemble) snowfall mean stays essentially at zero across most of the Gulf states and Deep South.
The GEFS (GFS ensemble) also keeps the region mostly snow-free, with the more notable snow signal displaced well north of the Gulf Coast.
The UKMET depiction shows some light shading near the Tennessee Valley and up toward the southern Appalachians, but not a broad Deep South snow footprint.
The ECMWF/Euro panel similarly avoids placing meaningful snow totals across Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida, outside of limited fringes.

In plain terms: the “big” weekend snow scenario that gets people hyped is not being supported as a widespread outcome in these snapshots.

**Where any flakes would be most likely**

Even when the Deep South is mostly snow-free, the fringe zones can still tease a few flakes—typically in higher terrain or near the northern edge of the region. Based on the faint snow shading in the panels, the only places with any marginal signal are closer to:

The southern Appalachians (parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, and far north Georgia)
The Tennessee Valley corridor (northern Alabama into Tennessee)

But even there, what’s depicted looks more like a low-end, scattered possibility rather than a “last year’s event” type setup.

Why the online snow hype keeps popping up anyway

Southern snow chatter often explodes for the same reasons every winter:

A single model run shows an interesting idea far out in time
Cold air is nearby, so people assume “snow is coming”
Small shifts in storm track can temporarily paint snow into the South on one update

But the key difference between hype and a real threat is consistency. When multiple models and ensembles line up on a snow event, the signal becomes obvious. Here, the shared message is the opposite: the South stays mostly out of it.

What would have to change for snow to become a real weekend threat

For a true Deep South snow event, you typically need three things to align at the same time:

A strong enough cold air mass already in place
A storm track that brings moisture into the cold air without warming it aloft
Timing that allows precipitation to fall during the coldest window

Right now, the model set shown does not support that alignment across Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, or Florida for the weekend period shown.

What to expect instead

If this general guidance holds, the weekend looks more like:

Cold or seasonable winter air, depending on location
Some clouds and passing systems nearby
Possibly a few isolated flurries in fringe/high terrain spots
No widespread accumulation and no repeat of a major southern snow event

Bottom line

Despite the social-media buzz, the data in the graphics points toward a straightforward forecast for the Deep South: Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida are not expected to see a meaningful snow event this weekend, and most areas should remain snow-free. Any flakes that do occur would be isolated and minor, focused closer to higher terrain or the far northern edge of the region.

Are people in your area still sharing snow maps for the weekend? Tell us where you are in the South and what you’re hearing locally—then follow the Waldron website for the next update as the forecast window tightens.