The National Weather Service confirmed a “significant number have late-season cold snap” is on its way for Alabama starting on this week start. It freezes warnings and watches have been issued for most of the state through Tuesday morning. A sudden cold front is expected to move through Alabama later today, according to forecasters, and much cooler (and drier) weather is expected to follow it.
It was all scattered rain will be possible across the state today. However, the good news is that the Storm Prediction Center has removed a Level 1 severe weather risk for extreme south Alabama today. Later, a few thunderstorms could be possible, however.
The expected temperature tends to be mild today, with highs in the 60s and 70s statewide, but colder air arrives tonight. But there are the forecast lows for Sunday night into Monday morning:
There was a big change will be in the air on Monday, and highs will only reach the 50s in north and central Alabama and 60s in south Alabama.
Tuesday from 1 a.m. until 9 a.m. for Marion, Lamar, Fayette, Winston, Walker, Blount, Etowah, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, St. Clair, Talladega, Clay, Randolph, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Jefferson, Shelby, Sumter, Greene, Hale, Perry, Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Chambers, Marengo, Dallas, Autauga, Lowndes, Elmore, Montgomery, Macon, Bullock, Lee, Russell, Pike and Barbour counties. The National Weather Service in Birmingham said lows from Monday night into Tuesday morning could range from 26 to 32 degrees.