Issued by The National Weather Service
Atlanta, GA
3:39 pm EST, Thu., Dec. 11, 2008
… WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY… FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA AS WELL AS ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS GENERALLY NORTH OF A ROME… TO MARION… TO BRASSTOWN BALD LINE.
LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND TRANSITION TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL GENERALLY BE CONFINED TO GRASSY AREAS AND EXPOSED SURFACES… AS TEMPERATURES WILL NOT DROP MUCH BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT AND GROUND TEMPERATURES REMAIN WARM.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW… SLEET… OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES… AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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… MUCH COLDER CONDITIONS AND SNOW EXPECTED OVER FAR NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT…
.A POWERFUL COLD FRONT THAT HELPED BRING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA EARLIER TODAY IS USHERING IN COLDER TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON… AND A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO RAPIDLY FALL INTO THE 30S THIS EVENING. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS EARLY THIS EVENING MAY BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE WEST. ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS LOW… AND AREA OF RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW MAY TURN TO ALL SNOW OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. TEMPERATURES SHOULD NOT DROP MUCH BELOW FREEZING… BUT SOME OF THE SNOW SHOWERS MAY BE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION… MAINLY ON GRASSY AND EXPOSED SURFACES.
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