… WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS… NORTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO ATLANTA TO JEFFERSON.

* HAZARD TYPES… SNOW AND BLACK ICE.

* ACCUMULATIONS… 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS… ONE INCH OR LESS ACROSS THE REST OF THE WATCH AREA.

* TIMING… SNOWFALL SHOULD BEGIN IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA BY MID THURSDAY AFTERNOON… THEN THE REST OF NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS… LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. BLACK ICE IS LIKELY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING WHEN TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW EVENING.

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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… WINTER STORM POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING…

.A STALLED SURFACE FRONT THAT CONTINUES TO BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT SOUTH AS A COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BEHIND THE FRONT… A COLD POLAR AIRMASS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO GEORGIA. AT THE SURFACE… A LOW BEGINS TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS EAST GEORGIA. AS THIS LOW TRACKS TO THE NORTHEAST… WRAP AROUND MOISTURE SHOULD SWING INTO THE COLD AIR MASS AND CAUSE THE RAIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD BE IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS.