Possible Clues:

• Form of precipitation currently in South American season
• What’s transformed Flo’s lawn?
• Dropping of flakes
• Winter feature spells end of Christmas present season
• Winter event in sierra -- promptly take a tumble
• Ski resort need
• ... and a cold shower
• Television series set at the start of the crack epidemic in the US
• At the South it's autumn at present, but this makes it seem like winter