… WINTRY PRECIPITATION STILL POSSIBLE FROM CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA…

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST… WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FRIDAY AND ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA OVER THE CHRISTMAS WEEKEND.

AT THIS TIME COMPUTER MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT THE MOST LIKELY ROUTE OF THE SURFACE LOW WILL BE ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND UP THE EAST COAST ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL BEGIN SPREADING MOISTURE INTO THE STATE BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FROM THIS AREA SOUTHWARD TO CENTRAL GEORGIA THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN… AND THROUGH THE COURSE OF CHRISTMAS DAY… THE RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH… AND THEN EVENTUALLY SWITCH OVER TO SNOW BY SATURDAY EVENING.

AS FOR ACCUMULATIONS… THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES COULD FALL BY SUNDAY MORNING. FROM THIS AREA… SOUTHWARD TO THE ATLANTA AND ATHENS AREA… BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL. SOUTH OF ATLANTA AND ATHENS… AN INCH OR LESS IS POSSIBLE.

THERE IS STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THE PROJECTED PATH… AND ANY DEVIATION TO THE NORTH OR SOUTH COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RAIN OR SNOW… AS WELL AS TOTAL AMOUNTS.

ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA OR THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES OVER THE CHRISTMAS WEEKEND SHOULD KEEP ABREAST TO THE LATEST FORECAST ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM SYSTEM.