Issued by The National Weather Service
Atlanta, GA
9:03 am EST, Sat., Jan. 8, 2011

… WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA…

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

AT THIS TIME… PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS ALL SNOW SUNDAY EVENING AND REMAIN PREDOMINANTLY SNOW THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MONDAY MORNING… AREAS FROM CARROLLTON TO THE METRO AREA TO ATHENS AND SOUTHWARD WILL TRANSITION TO A FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIX WITH THIS ENCOMPASSING A FURTHER NORTHWARD AREA BY THE AFTERNOON. AREAS IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS HOWEVER SHOULD REMAIN PREDOMINATELY SNOW. THIS SNOW… FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIX WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR AREA ROADWAYS. WITH THE TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS WILL LIMIT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO 3 TO 5 INCHES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW… SLEET… OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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… SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…

FOR THE PERIOD SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY… A STRONGER WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT ALL OF NORTH GEORGIA. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO SUNDAY MORNING AND SHIFT EAST THROUGH LATE SUNDAY. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM… A COLD AND DRY AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE… SETTING THE STAGE FOR A WINTER STORM LOCALLY SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL END BY TUESDAY EXCEPT FOR LINGERING SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS.

IT SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED THAT THIS EVENT REMAINS 36 HOURS OUT AND THAT MINOR DEVIATIONS IN THE STORM TRACK OR TEMPERATURE PROFILES COULD RESULT IN MORE OR LESS WINTER IMPACTS ACROSS THE AREA.