Issued by The National Weather Service
Atlanta, GA
4:40 am EST, Tue., Nov. 18, 2008

… FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING… … WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON… … FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS REPLACES THE FREEZE WATCH THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION… A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.

A COLD CANADIAN AIR MASS CONTINUES TO BUILD SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THE HEELS OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. BY TONIGHT… THE CANADIAN HIGH WILL DRIFT OVER GEORGIA… BRINGING THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES THE STATE HAS SEEN SINCE LATE LAST WINTER. LOW TEMPERATURES BY EARLY WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS IN THE NORTHEASTERN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS TO NEAR 30 IN THE FAR SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF MIDDLE GEORGIA. HE MAJORITY OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL SEE LOWS IN THE MID 20S. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING BEFORE MIDNIGHT IN MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA. A WIDESPREAD KILLING FROST IS ALSO LIKELY.

DURING THE DAY TODAY… WINDS AROUND 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED… WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH… ESPECIALLY IN NORTH AND EAST GEORGIA.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT… ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.