The beaches even may see a wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain, the weather service said, with the mainly snow ...

We have declared Monday, Jan. 20 and Tuesday, Jan. 21 First Alert Weather Days for dangerously cold temperatures.

ALDOT engineer Dee McDaniel said Mother Nature helped a bit, too: “The weather conditions leading up to it were in our favor a little bit, with the sun being out the day before.