It’s a record-setting day for snow in Mobile.

The National Weather Service in Mobile reported that the city had officially measured 5.75 inches of snow as of 3 p.m. Tuesday, which breaks the one-day record for snow in the city, which 5 inches on Jan. 24, 1881.

The weather service noted that the city is likely to break its all-time record for snow, which is 6 inches and was set in 1895. Forecasters reported it was still snowing fairly hard as of 3 p.m.

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Other locations around south Alabama have reported several inches of snow and difficult to impossible travel conditions on Tuesday afternoon.

The region remains under a winter storm warning until Wednesday morning.

More snow will be possible in the Mobile area for the next few hours, according to the weather service.

Forecasters issued an update Tuesday afternoon and said the heaviest snow bands were gradually shifting southward towards the coast.

There were also wind gusts up to 30 mph, and the combination of snow and wind could make for “near blizzard conditions” for the next few hours.

Forecasters expect a few more hours of moderate to heavy snow along and south of Interstate 10, including the Mobile metro area.

The weather service said that the snow should “end areawide later this evening with very cold and dangerous low temperatures anticipated overnight.”