Extreme cold temperatures have settled in over most of the state. Winter storm warnings will go into effect on Tuesday. Precipitation — snow, sleet, freezing rain, or a wintry mix — will begin in southwest Alabama Tuesday morning and continue through the day, moving eastward.

Chief Meteorologist Dave Nussbaum says we will have rain Saturday morning with afternoon mild high temperatures. The Arctic Blast arrives Sunday with snow flurries. We will be dangerously cold next week with a chance for snow on Tuesday.

Early forecasts are calling for a snowstorm to hit the Deep South on Tuesday, bringing accumulations of an inch or more to the southern half of Alabama. Things could still change significantly, meteorologists warn,

A winter storm warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Monday at 3:53 a.m. valid from Tuesday 6 a.m. until Wednesday 6 a.m. for Choctaw, Washington, Clarke, Wilcox, Monroe, Conecuh, Butler,