COLD: Temperatures will remain well below average through the rest of the week across the Deep South, and Alabama will be dry through Thursday. Highs will range from 35 to 45 degrees across the state, with lows well below freezing. The northern third of the state will dip into the teens early Thursday morning.

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.

Following a week of cold weather, a second storm system will bring a risk of snow and ice to much of the south, including Metro Atlanta.What We Are Watching:There is increasing confidence that much of North Georgia,

Friday and Saturday will be labeled Impact Days because there will be a threat of some light wintry mix over Central Alabama, while snow is more likely to the north. Forecasting winter weather in the Southeast is notoriously difficult.