TEMPORARY WARM-UP: Temperatures early this morning are generally in the 25-32 degree range across Alabama expect a mostly sunny sky today with a high between 44 and 52 degrees this afternoon. Dry weather continues tomorrow with similar temperatures.
FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: The sky becomes mostly cloudy Friday as another Arctic front rolls into Alabama. A few sprinkles or flurries are possible, but any precipitation will be very light. Most communities across the Tennessee Valley will hold in the 30s with an icy north wind; but South Alabama will see a high in the low 50s ahead of the front.
Very cold air will settle into the Deep South over the weekend. As a surface low moves northeast just off the Atlantic coast, snow showers will be possible over the northern 2/3 of Alabama Saturday on the back side of the circulation with temperatures holding in the 20s through the day. While no widespread accumulation is expected, where heavier snow showers develop there could be a few spots with 1/4 to 1/2, especially over the northeast part of the state…