Temperatures are holding steady or falling slowly across North and Central Alabama on this blustery Sunday behind an arctic cold front.
Readings are at or below freezing over the northern third of the state, with readings in the 33-37F range in the I-20 Corridor. in the I-85 Corridor, temperatures are in the lower 40s.
Add in a northwesterly wind averaging 10-15 mph with occasional gusts to 205-25 mph, and you have wind chill readings in the upper teens and 20s now over the northern half of the state.
Readings between 10-20F tonight and wind chill values approaching 0F have prompted cold weather advisories and extreme cold warnings across the state.
Skies are mostly cloudy, except for over southwestern parts of the state, where sunshine prevails.
A few light sprinkles and snow flurries have been occurring across the northern third of Alabama. No accumulations are expected.
Tomorrow will be sunny, but bitterly cold, with afternoon highs below freezing as far south as I-20, 20s over the Tennessee Valley.
-A large patch of light snow flurries or light freezing rain is moving across northeast Mississippi. Those snow flurries will continue through the late afternoon hours over mainly northeastern Alabama.
Morning model data is basically consistent with previous runs, with most of the snow to the south, over southern Alabama. The National Blend of Models continues to promote a more northerly extent of measurable snowfall.
Winter storm watches blanket areas south of I-20 in Alabama for the snow on Tuesday.
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