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DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-
FORSYTH-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-TROUP-MERIWETHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CALHOUN…DAHLONEGA…ROME…
CARTERSVILLE…MARIETTA…ATLANTA…CARROLLTON…DOUGLASVILLE…
EAST POINT…NEWNAN…PEACHTREE CITY
420 AM EST SAT NOV 15 2008
MORNING…
A FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE FREEZE
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LA
GRANGE…TO PEACHTREE CITY…TO ATLANTA…TO CUMMING…TO CLEVELAND.
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH GEORGIA TODAY. COLDER AIR
WILL FILTER INTO THE STATE LATER TODAY AND SUNDAY AS CANADIAN HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHEAST FROM THE MIDWEST. BY EARLY MONDAY…THIS
HIGH WILL BEGIN TO SETTLE OVER NORTH GEORGIA…RESULTING IN
TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING IN MUCH OF NORTH
CENTRAL…NORTHWEST…AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA…OUTSIDE OF THE
LARGER URBAN AREAS SUCH AS ATLANTA. FROST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN
LOW-LYING…SHELTERED AREAS.
A FREEZE WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FREEZE EVENT
IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS
IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE
VEGETATION AND YOUNG TREES.
THE FREEZE WATCH WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A FREEZE WARNING BY SUNDAY.
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