NORTH ALABAMA:
(Forecast)
Friday (High 51, Low 21): Mostly sunny, cold and breezy. Rain showers are possible at night.
Saturday (High 45, Low 32): Mostly sunny and cold during the day. Partly cloudy at night with a 20% chance of snow showers - accumulations, if any, should stay generally under one inch.
Sunday (High 37, 20): Sunny. Very cold.
(Extended Outlook)
Martin Luther King Day (High 41, Low 22): Sunny.
Tuesday (High 39, Low 15): Sunny.
Wednesday (High 50, Low 24): Partly to mostly sunny.
Thursday (High 52, Low 33): Partly cloudy with a 20% chance of showers.
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE:
(Forecast)
Friday (High 49, Low 20): Partly to mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers possible in the evening. During the night hours, scattered snow showers are possible - with accumulations, if any, staying generally under one inch.
Saturday (High 44, Low 30): Partly to mostly sunny. Cold and breezy.
Sunday (High 34, Low 18): Sunny. Very cold.
(Extended Outlook)
Martin Luther King Day (High 38, Low 20): Sunny.
Tuesday (High 35, Low 10): Sunny.
Wednesday (High 47, Low 20): Partly to mostly sunny.
Thursday (High 50, Low 29): Partly cloudy with a 20% chance of showers.
DOWN AT THE BEACH:
Friday (High 65, Low 33): Sunny. Frost in the morning.
Saturday (High 62, Low 49): Partly cloudy with widely scattered showers possible during the day. At night, scattered snow showers are possible - with accumulations, if any, expected to stay generally under one inch.
Sunday (High 49, Low 33): Mostly sunny and breezy. Isolated snow showers may linger in the morning.
Martin Luther King Day (High 55, Low 32): Sunny.
NORTE DE ALABAMA:
(Pronóstico)
Viernes (Máxima 51, Mínima 21): Mayormente soleado, frío y ventoso. Probabilidad de lluvias por la noche.
Sábado (Máxima 45, Mínima 32): Mayormente soleado y frío durante el día. Parcialmente nublado por la noche con un 20% de probabilidad de nevadas; la acumulación, de haberla, será generalmente inferior a una pulgada.
Domingo (Máxima 37, Mínima 20): Soleado. Muy frío.
(Pronóstico Extendido)
Día de Martin Luther King (Máxima 41, Mínima 22): Soleado.
Martes (Máxima 39, Mínima 15): Soleado.
Miércoles (Máxima 50, Mínima 24): Parcialmente a mayormente soleado.
Jueves (Máxima 52, Mínima 33): Parcialmente nublado con un 20% de probabilidad de lluvias.
SUR DEL CENTRO DE TENNESSEE:
(Pronóstico)
Viernes (Máxima 49, Mínima 20): Parcialmente a mayormente nublado con posibilidad de lluvias dispersas por la tarde. Durante la noche, posibilidad de nevadas dispersas; la acumulación, de haberla, será generalmente inferior a una pulgada.
Sábado (Máxima 44, Mínima 30): Parcialmente a mayormente soleado. Frío y ventoso.
Domingo (Máxima 34, Mínima 18): Soleado. Muy frío.
(Pronóstico Extendido)
Día de Martin Luther King (Máxima 38, Mínima 20): Soleado.
Martes (Máxima 35, Mínima 10): Soleado.
Miércoles (Máxima 47, Mínima 20): Parcialmente a mayormente soleado.
Jueves (Máxima 50, Mínima 29): Parcialmente nublado con un 20% de probabilidad de lluvias.
EN LA PLAYA:
Viernes (Máxima 65, Mínima 33): Soleado. Heladas por la mañana.
Sábado (Máxima 62, Mínima 49): Parcialmente nublado con posibilidad de lluvias dispersas durante el día. Por la noche, son posibles nevadas dispersas; la acumulación, de haberla, se espera que sea generalmente inferior a una pulgada.
Domingo (Máxima 49, Mínima 33): Mayormente soleado y ventoso. Posibilidad de nevadas aisladas por la mañana.
Día de Martin Luther King (Máxima 55, Mínima 32): Soleado.
NOTES:
Here are some Winter Weather Safety rules.
And here is the SKYWARN schedule.
DISCUSSION:
It was a sunny but cold and blustery day in the Tennessee Valley. The High in Huntsville was 36, and we've gotten down as Low as 23 tonight, colder than we ever got this morning. We're not quite to Midnight yet, but 23 may very well end up being our Low temperature for this Thursday January 15th, 2026. Winds from the North/Northwest gusted up to 20 miles per hour or greater at times, so the wind chill never got out of the 20's today.
We have high pressure at the surface and good strong Northwest wind flow aloft.
The upper-air soundings from Birmingham and Nashville this evening show really cold, stable air, plenty of wind going on in the atmosphere. Attentive readers might also notice an inversion layer of warm air there.
Tomorrow looks mostly sunny with a High of about 50 or 51 for Huntsville, the Low tonight about 20-22.
And it will be another breezy day, so it might feel like we're in the 40's or even in the 30's for a good bit of the day, thanks to the wind chill factor.
We have another front coming through Saturday, and this one could squeeze out at least a few light snow showers in Central Tennessee.
Above is the GFS guidance at Noon Saturday.
This is not universally agreed on by all the models though, and what the GFS is showing only looks like light snow showers barely making it into Southern Middle Tennessee on Saturday.
Most of the rain, or any that changes to snow, is expected Friday night through Saturday morning. Look for a High near 45, a Low near 32.
Showers are likely Friday night, just expecting rain. Only a 20% chance of rain Saturday through about Noon, with mostly sunny skies overall.
The chance is so low that I'm leaving it out down on the Alabama side, just that 20% chance of showers for Southern Tennessee Saturday morning.
Sunday looks sunny with a High in the upper 30's, a Low near 20.
Some model guidance has shown snow for Southeast Alabama at times, and there is a slight chance that could affect Northeast Alabama if that scenario plays out, close call. So I'll figure out how to message that by the end of this forecast/discussion. The top part (the official forecast) gets written last, for any newcomers.
Monday, Martin Luther King Day, looks like another sunny day, starting out in the lower 20's and only warming to about 40 or so.
High pressure continues over the region on Tuesday. Skies stay sunny, but we are in the seriously cold air. Look for a High near 40 again, maybe barely making it there. And the low in the mid-to-upper-10's.
Another system will be approaching Wednesday, but we may not see any precipitation from it at that point, maybe just an increase in clouds. Look for a High of about 50 or so, a Low in the lower-to-mid-20's.
Even for Thursday, only bringing back a 20% chance of precipitation, looking for a High in the lower 50's and a Low in the lower-to-mid-30's.
The Weather Prediction Center shows a low risk of winter weather, some accumulations of snow, more for the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee on Saturday, then as we're going into Sunday, more for Southeast Alabama. But notice what a close call it is. At least Northeast Alabama needs to keep an eye on things too.
The probability is low, but I would prepare for minor snow accumulation just to be on the safe side.
And then next Thursday, there is a hint of another chance of winter weather mischief, but again, the probability is low. I guess it's just that time of year.
The National Weather Service in Huntsville advises that while the risk of it happening is low (the snow/ice potential is expected to stay in Southeast Alabama, most likely scenario because of the track of the surface Low), Northeast Alabama could see anything from a dusting to an inch of snowfall Saturday night.
This helpful graphic from the National Weather Service in Birmingham shows the likelihood of the best chance of snow (or ice) being there in Southeast Alabama, because if this Low forms in the Gulf, that is its most likely track.
The Nashville office just mentions in passing that if there are accumulations mainly along the Plateau, they're expected to be under one inch. That's for the Friday system. The Saturday night system is very unlikely to get far enough North to affect TN counties.
So anyway, stay warm and stay safe if you have to drive when there are even light snow accumulations. And look, there may not be any. But we could see anywhere between a dusting and an inch of snow, mainly in Northeast Alabama.
If you're a snow lover, don't get your hopes up. This potential is low. It could happen, but it's not worth getting overly excited about. Even if we do see snow and accumulations, it might be lower amounts than one inch, which really is not enough to make a decent snowman.
