Another shot of brutally cold air is expected to hit Alabama next week, and there's a non-zero chance for the "s" word to make another appearance in the forecast.
Snow was far from a sure thing, according to forecasters on Tuesday, but the potential for it will be something to keep an eye through this week.
The National Weather Service is expecting cool temperatures to continue this week, with highs expected to be in the 40s and 50s and lows in the 20s and 30s today and tonight.
The warmest day of the week looks to be Saturday, when temperatures will reach the 60s across the state.
The forecast is expected to be dry until Friday or Saturday when the next substantial chance for rain arrives.
And it could be a good rain, with the potential for an inch or more for parts of the state.
Here's the five-day precipitation outlook, with all the rain expected in Alabama on Friday and Saturday:
The weather service expects temperatures to remain above freezing this weekend, so the precipitation is expected to be all rain.
A shot of air straight from the arctic is expected to arrive in Alabama on Sunday and Monday, with much-below-average temperatures expected for the state.
The weather service thinks high temperatures in north Alabama will struggle to get into the 30s on Monday. Central Alabama will be in the 30s for highs and south Alabama will only get into the low 40s.
Low temperatures Monday night will again fall into the teens in north Alabama with 20s expected over more of central and south Alabama.
Forecast models are hinting at moisture levels rising enough to possibly bring some winter precipitation to the state on Monday or Tuesday, although it's too soon to say if that will happen for sure.
The weather service in Huntsville said left open the possibility that there could be some light snow in north Alabama on Monday afternoon.
However, the weather service in Birmingham as of Tuesday thinks that drier air moving in behind the front could curtail any wintry precipitation.
As usual when it comes to the potential for snow in Alabama, it will be a wait-and-see situation, but details could become more clear over the next few days.
There is more confidence in the idea that colder temperatures will hang around until the end of January. The eight- to 14-day temperature outlook continues to show a higher probability of below-average temperatures for Alabama from Jan. 21-27: