Issued by The National Weather Service
Atlanta, GA
4:48 am EST, Sat., Dec. 25, 2010

… WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY FOR NORTH GEORGIA…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS EXTENDED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FURTHER SOUTHWARD… WHICH NOW INCLUDES METRO ATLANTA AND THE ATHENS AREA. THE ADVISORY IS NOW ALONG AND NORTH OF A NEWNAN TO MADISON TO WASHINGTON LINE… DUE TO THE THREAT OF LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND ICY ROAD CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. THE ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY.

TWO WEATHER FEATURES WILL USHER ABUNDANT MOISTURE INTO THE STATE TODAY… AND WITH CHILLY TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING… SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS SNOW THIS MORNING… THEN A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THROUGH THE DAY… AND ALL SNOW AGAIN IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS WRAP AROUND MOISTURE SPREADS IN FROM THE EAST.

THE GREATER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA… GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A ROME TO GAINESVILLE LINE WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLY FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

FOR METRO ATLANTA AND ATHENS… AND THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS… SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY… THEN POSSIBLY 1 TO 2 INCHES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

REMEMBER… ICY ROADS WILL ALSO BE A THREAT LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLOW TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING SUNDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES… AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES.