The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch at 1:27 p.m. on Sunday valid from Tuesday noon until Wednesday 6 a.m. for Coffee, Dale, Henry, Geneva and Houston counties.

As a wave of cold weather brought snow and sleet to the Deep South, Alabama residents focused on safety as well as fun.

It's been a while since it last snowed in Mobile, but snow is in the forecast for the city on Tuesday, and a winter storm watch is in effect. The photo above is from the Mobile office of the National Weather Service from a rare south Alabama snow in December of 1996. Joe Maniscalco/National Weather Service

Due to the vagaries of weather in Alabama in winter, winter precipitation may happen in the far reaches of northern part of the state − or there may be a mix of cold rain and snow flurries as far south as the Highway 80 corridor.

The good news/bad news is that bitterly cold air will move into the state overnight Sunday, dropping morning lows into the mid-teens for north Alabama and the upper teens as far south as Montgomery. Daytime highs may not get out of the 30s in central Alabama until Wednesday,

In anticipation of sever winter weather and snow coming to most of the state, including the Gulf Coast, several school systems in south Alabama have announced changes to their schedule for this week.

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