DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — Mostly cloudy today & breezy, high temp near 80, then cloudy & windy tonight; the rain is not expected to arrive in the Dothan area until around 6 am tomorrow & leave the area by late morning- again, the rain amounts should be light- from 0.1 to possibly near 0.5 inch northwest & north of Dothan- any thunderstorms look to be few & far between with lesser rain amounts to the south & east of Dothan including the nearby Gulf coast…

Turning colder & windy Friday afternoon with clearing late- temps will fall into the lower 50s by late afternoon with low temps in the lower 30s for much of our area north of I-10 in the Florida panhandle Saturday morning; daytime Sat will be sunny, breezy & cool with highs in the mid to upper 50s, then milder with a high in the mid to upper 60s with sunshine Sunday…

The extended warmup begins Mon with sunshine & highs in the mid 70s- then upper 70s to low 80s the rest of next week with more mid week clouds BUT not rain; there may a slight cool down the weekend of Feb 25-26, BUT the warm weather resumes after that into around Mar 3…

The longer range forecast still paints much of March as chilly to cold across much of the country with a wetter pattern for much of our area- HOWEVER, some of the forecast models are trying to show some disagreement which could give us a sight break from the chillier weather- plenty of time to watch the weather models try to figure it out.