RAIN TO FLURRY/SNOW CHANGEOVER POSSIBLE TONIGHT… Scattered rain showers may transition to scattered snow/flurry showers overnight into early Sunday. Temperatures should quickly rise above freezing tomorrow morning, helping to mitigate long-lasting road effects.
Sunny skies return on Monday.
SPOTTY SHOWERS TODAY; RAIN LIKELY OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW POSSIBLE… Spotty rain showers are moving east across the region this morning. Our area will likely get somewhat of a break in the rain at midday into the afternoon ahead of more scattered rain showers becoming possible this evening into tonight. There may be a brief period of flurries and/or snow showers on the back edge of the rain overnight into early Sunday morning. Accumulations, IF any happen locally, should be rather minor. Icy roads and treacherous travel may be possible in some spots early tomorrow morning, however conditions should rapidly improve in the late morning hours as temperatures rise into the 40s. Sunshine becomes possible in the afternoon hours, likely melting any snow that is left.
LATEST PROJECTION OF WHO GETS SNOW AND WHO DOESN’T… This morning, there is quite a bit of data that suggests that most of us across south Alabama and northwest Florida will simply have a cold rain overnight and that’s about it. There may be some minor snow accumulation, particularly on elevated surfaces and bridges AND particularly in areas to our east. Covington County, Alabama remains the county in our local area where snow the most likely to happen, and even there, it’s HIGHLY questionable. Butler, Conecuh, Escambia (AL), and Okaloosa counties are the “runners up” with slight snow probabilities. If you’re rooting for snow, even in that highest zone in our local area, those odds are not good. A 30% chance is not zero, however, and a range of outcomes exist.
TRAVEL IMPACTS & ROAD CONDITIONS… The greatest potential for accumulating snow will happen across inland areas of southeast Alabama, although there is a real chance that even in that zone, precipitation happens in the form of rain exclusively. Slick spots on local roads will be possible from 10PM Saturday to 9AM Sunday, depending on if a specific location receives precipitation. Regardless of what happens specifically, I would go ahead and plan to stay where you are Sunday morning, at least through 9-10AM IF you’re a person who plans on the course of least regret. Even small amounts of snow can create very slick spots on local roadways. I would imagine if you’re headed out to a morning worship service Sunday morning after 10AM, you will be in good shape across the vast majority of our local area. The reason for this is temperatures will rapidly climb above freezing Sunday morning after 7-8AM. This will help to mitigate more widespread, major travel issues.
IMPROVING CONDITIONS TOMORROW AFTERNOON… Clouds may hang tough for much of the day on Sunday, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we had some sunshine before the end of the day. Afternoon highs will be in the mid to upper 40s Sunday.
HARD FREEZE LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT… Temperatures will be in the mid 20s Sunday night into early Monday morning. Mostly clear skies are expected.
MAINLY SUNNY EARLY NEXT WEEK… Monday and Tuesday will be seasonal with afternoon highs in the 50s. Morning lows will be in the 20s on both Monday and Tuesday mornings. We should have a full supply of sunshine Monday and Tuesday with clouds increasing in coverage starting on Wednesday.
SHARE YOUR SNOW PHOTOS… If you happen to have any snow overnight into Sunday morning, please send me a message with a photo and location, even if it’s just a dusting of snow. Please include the approximate location where the photo was taken. I will be sharing some photos on social media and in the RedZone Weather app.
APP… If you haven’t already downloaded the RedZone Weather app, now is a great time to do that. redzoneweather.com/app is the link to the free download. Once you have the RZW app installed on your iOS or Android device, be sure to visit the Alerts tab to turn on the specific notifications you’d like to receive. All notifications are handcrafted by me. No automation and we promise not to bug you!
I will have more updates posted throughout the day in the RedZone Weather app.
Have a great Saturday!
RAIN AT TIMES THIS MORNING; RAIN/SNOW MIX POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT… Rain showers will be possible over the next few hours ahead of a drier overall pattern in the middle part of the day. Rain returns later this evening. We may have a brief changeover to flurries or some snow showers overnight.
Accumulations generally are expected to be light.
Road hazards may become possible in isolated areas tonight into early Sunday.
Have a nice Saturday!
Rain is moving into west Alabama just after midnight. This band of rain will move east over the next several hours. Rain showers will be possible through the morning hours.
No snow issues until early Sunday morning. Also, no tornado risk tonight. pic.twitter.com/UgARHAsLTs
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) January 17, 2026
This is how the radar MAY look late Saturday night into early Sunday morning. More data continues to suggest the changeover to snow may be quite brief tomorrow night.
Green/yellow/red is rain.
The lighter white/blue is snow/mix.
This is valid at 3AM Sunday morning. pic.twitter.com/zWsbrbsRij
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) January 17, 2026
RAIN TONIGHT; RAIN AGAIN SAT. NIGHT WITH BRIEF CHANGEOVER TO SNOW POSSIBLE… Spotty areas of rain will be possible overnight tonight into early Saturday. There is no chance of snow tonight as temperatures will be way too warm – most spots will have overnight lows around 45 degrees on Saturday morning. Widespread thunderstorms are highly unlikely and no severe weather is expected. Rain clears out tomorrow morning, most likely, ahead of a lull in the rain activity around midday into the afternoon hours. Afternoon temperatures will be in the 50s and low 60s closer to the northwest Florida coast. Scattered rain showers return tomorrow evening. Colder air will begin filtering into our local area tomorrow night. There continues to be a brief window from roughly midnight to 6AM on Sunday morning when a few areas of flurries and/or snow showers may become possible across the region.
SO WHO GETS SNOW AND WHO DOESN’T?! If I’m being brutally honest, I imagine MOST communities will wake up Sunday morning to nothing but cold, wet grass. There may be some minor snow accumulation, particularly on elevated surfaces and bridges AND particularly in areas to our east. If I had to say what county is the most likely to get any snow, I would say Covington County, Alabama is the county in our local area where snow the most likely to happen, and even there, it’s HIGHLY questionable. You can see in the attached graphic that there is a narrow zone that extends from roughly Andalusia, Opp, and Florala back to Dothan and up to Abbeville and Eufaula that has a 30% chance of 0.1″ of accumulating snowfall. If you’re rooting for snow, even in that highest zone in our local area, those odds are not good. A 30% chance is not zero, however, and a range of outcomes exist.
SETTING EXPECTATIONS FOR TOMORROW NIGHT… I could write a long paragraph about this, but instead, let’s take it as some bite sized statements:
I will be NOT SURPRISED if the entire area simply has a cold rain tomorrow night into Sunday with not much else. I also wouldn’t be surprised if some communities had upwards of 0.25″ of snow on the ground Sunday morning with an isolated report here and there of 0.5″ of snowfall. These are the expectations for the event.
I will be A BIT SURPRISED if we have many communities with 0.5″ of snow on the ground Sunday morning.
I will be *EXTREMELY* SURPRISED if we have a large swath of communities with an inch of snow on the ground after the event.
I would be ABSOLUTELY FLOORED if we have ANY communities have over 3″ of total snow. This is the level of surprise I had last year when some communities reported almost a foot of snow. I can’t imagine being this surprised again, so soon, after what happened last year in the historic Blizzard of January 2025.
TRAVEL IMPACTS & ROAD CONDITIONS… The greatest potential for accumulating snow will happen across inland areas of southeast Alabama, although there is a real chance that even in that zone, precipitation happens in the form of rain exclusively. Slick spots on local roads will be possible from 10PM Saturday to 9AM Sunday, depending on if a specific location receives precipitation. Regardless of what happens specifically, I would go ahead and plan to stay where you are Sunday morning, at least through 9-10AM IF you’re a person who plans on the course of least regret. Even small amounts of snow can create very slick spots on local roadways. I would imagine if you’re headed out to a morning worship service Sunday morning after 10AM, you will be in good shape across the vast majority of our local area. The reason for this is temperatures will rapidly climb above freezing Sunday morning after 7-8AM. This will help to mitigate more widespread, major travel issues.
APP… If you haven’t already downloaded the RedZone Weather app, now is a great time to do that. redzoneweather.com/app is the link to the free download. Once you have the RZW app installed on your iOS or Android device, be sure to visit the Alerts tab to turn on the specific notifications you’d like to receive. All notifications are handcrafted by me. No automation and we promise not to bug you!
I will have the latest forecast rundown posted in the morning forecast video tomorrow morning at 7:15AM. Be sure to join me then for the latest info.
Have a fantastic Friday evening!
Scattered showers are likely overnight into early Saturday morning. Spotty showers may linger through the late morning hours before we get a lull in the rain in the afternoon hours. This is the latest projected radar loop off the HRRR model. pic.twitter.com/0Nb5kxSFA7
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) January 17, 2026
