While local officials urged drivers to stay off the roads, nothing was going to keep Pensacolians from enjoying a rare snow day.

Florida, and 8.9 inches in Pensacola, the weather service office in Mobile, Alabama said Wednesday. Interstate 10 closed all the way to Tallahassee Per Florida Department of Transportation, Interstate 10 from the Alabama state line to Tallahassee is closed.

Pensacola isn’t out of the thick of it just yet. The National Weather Service extended its extreme cold warning for Northwest Florida from 9 p.m. Wednesday to 9 a.m. Thursday. Wednesday and Thursday are expected to be dry, which means we probably won’t see any new snow while temperatures continue to dip below freezing.

The Three Mile Bridge in Pensacola reopened around 9:30 a.m. Thursday after being closed for the morning.A portion of I-10 eastbound reopened

An Extreme Cold Warning is in effect until 10 a.m. Wednesday, as wind chills could drop to as low as 3 degrees in some spots. Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is exposed to these temperatures. An extended period of freezing temperatures could cause ruptured water pipes.

Warmer temperatures are finally peaking over the horizon in Northwest Florida, but it's still going to be cold.

"Happening NOW in Pensacola!" The photo showcases the Welcome to Florida sign along the Florida/Alabama state line, with an FHP truck parked in front. Snow flurries can be seen cascading from the ...

UPDATE: I-10 ALERT: Effective 2 p.m. EST (Jan 23), a portion of WESTBOUND Interstate 10 (I-10) will reopen to traffic from mile marker 70 (State Road 285) to the Alabama/Florida state line. ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. ( WALA) - The Florida Department of Transportation announced that I-10 will be closed in both directions.

The winter storm moving through the southern regions of Texas, Louisiana and Alabama has brought snow to the Sunshine State. Snow began to fall near Pensacola Tuesday afternoon. This video was caught on an Interstate 10 traffic camera in the Florida Panhandle. Snow has arrived in Florida! Check out this video from I-10 near Pensacola.

“I’m so glad I’m so much farther south. I moved to Florida to get away from the snow!” commented Jennifer Saxon Halam on his post. According to her Facebook, she lives in Englewood on Florida’s west coast about 88 miles south of Tampa. But just wait: Weather Underground forecasts a low of 38 there next Saturday morning.

Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.

Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell had called for the Air Force to reverse the decision, posting on X, "The Airmen bravely fought and died for our freedoms before this nation even granted them the full benefits of citizenship. To strip them from the Air Force curriculum is an outrageous betrayal of our values as Americans."