Be prepared for difficult travel early next week. An arctic airmass will bring the coldest air in almost six years to the region. The cold air will also produce significant lake effect snow.

Parts of east-central Alabama, including the Birmingham metro area, will be under an extreme cold warning, which means that dangerously cold wind chills are expected. Very cold temperatures are possible during the day on Monday as well, with many locations staying below freezing all day.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued multiple winter storm warnings, advisories, and even extreme cold watches for Sunday Morning. The NWS has issued the winter storm warning for the following counties starting Sunday morning at 10:00 a.

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The National Weather Service issued an updated winter weather advisory at 11:16 p.m. on Saturday valid for Sunday between 4 a.m. and 10 p.m. for Southern Centre, Southern Clinton and Southern Lycoming as well as Cambria,