Folks in North Alabama are waking up to a little pre-game snow surprise in the form of snow showers along a warm front that is lifting north. Don’t see that very often: snow along a warm front.
Nearly an inch of snow now on the ground in Grant in northern Marshall County. Moderate snow in Ryland just before 9 a.m.
Fort Payne has light snow at this hour
One inch of snow now on the ground at Merdianville.
Radar shows snow and rain showers across the northern third of the state at this hour, mainly north of a line from Sulligent to Nauvoo to Hayden to Centre.
Warming will take over and put an end to the current snow in a couple of hours.
Highs today will range from lower 40s in the Tennessee Valley and East Alabama to upper 40s in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham.
The main event will come tonight as precipitation breaks out along and behind a fairly strong cold front. Rain will develop this afternoon, but will change to snow this evening. It should snow long enough to produce 2-4 inches of snow over Northeast Alabama, generally northeast of a line from Cullman to Springville to Anniston and Heflin.
1-2 inches of snow may fall as far south as I-20.
A dusting to one inch may fall as far south as generally a line from Livingston to Billingsley to Auburn.
In the area where more than two inches is expected, the NWS Birmingham maintains a Winter Storm Warning. It is effective from 9:00 PM CST until noon Monday for Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah and St. Clair Counties.
Elsewhere, the NWS maintains a Winter Weather Advisory for Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Lee, Marion, Pickens, Randolph, Shelby, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Winston Counties until late Monday morning.
