Issued by The National Weather Service
Atlanta, GA 
Sat., Dec. 11, 2010

… ARCTIC BLAST HEADED FOR GEORGIA THIS WEEKEND…

ANOTHER ARCTIC BLAST WILL BE SPREADING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL BRING SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA.

A STORM SYSTEM IS BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS MORNING. AS THIS SYSTEM STRENGTHENS… ITS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ATLANTA AND COLUMBUS AREAS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT… AND INTO THE CAROLINAS BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY.

SOME OF THE RAIN COULD TURN TO SNOW IN NORTH GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT… AND CONTINUE AS LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. LESS THAN 1 INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH GEORGIA SUNDAY. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ATLANTA AND ATHENS AREAS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY… WITH ONLY A DUSTING EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FLURRIES COULD SPREAD INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA SUNDAY AFTERNOON… BUT NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH DURING THE DAY SUNDAY… WITH SOME GUSTS NEARING 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 30 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY OR SLOWLY FALL THROUGH THE 30S… DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND 20S SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE IN THE 20S SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA… DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS IN THE NORTH AND INTO THE TEENS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA… SUNDAY NIGHT.

PEOPLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND AND BE PREPARED FOR VERY COLD WEATHER SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.