If your kids will be standing at a school bus stop tomorrow morning, spend tonight finding them a jacket, a hat and maybe even some gloves. 

Tomorrow at daybreak the windchill is expected to drop to 27 degrees in Bay Minette all the way to Gulf Shores and in every town inbetween. 

Temperatures will be in the low to mid 30s.  By midday the highs will only reach mid 50s to 60s. 

Tonight Baldwin County and much of the region is under its first freeze warning of the season.  John Purdy, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mobile, said typically winter weather delivers  a frost first but this year we're rolling right into freezing temperatures instead. 

Previously the earliest freeze recorded locally came  on Oct. 28 so this year the cold has arrived ahead of schedule. 

The cold front responsible for the record-breaking chilly air is coming directly from Canada. 

A large high pressure center over the central part of the United States has allowed the cold Canadian air to jet straight to the Gulf Coast like a  tourist speeding down to glimpse the last bit of summer. 

The wind bringing those temperatures down is also partially responsible for a red flag warning today meant to warn residents that small fires can easily spread. 

When the relative humidity is 24 percent or lower, and sustained winds 20 feet above the ground reach 15 mph, conditions are right for fires to easily spread, resulting in a red flag warning. 

Purdy said even small sparks like dropped cigarettes could easily be fueled by the conditions and result in large fires. 

Temperatures will rebound to more seasonal conditions by the weekend with highs in the mid to upper 70s on Saturday and Sunday.