From the National Weather Service in Peachtree City: 

 

…WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA ON THURSDAY…

 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE ON THURSDAY.

AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM… A DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL SPREAD AMPLE

GULF MOISTURE NORTHWARD… RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. AS THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PUSHES

INTO THE CAROLINAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON… A DEEP COLD AIR MASS WILL

BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON

AND EVENING. AS A RESULT… THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAIN TO

CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA IF SUFFICIENT

WRAP AROUND MOISTURE CAN SPREAD BACK INTO THE COLD AIR MASS BEHIND

THE DEPARTING COLD FRONT. DESPITE WARM GROUNDS FROM RECENT

UNSEASONABLE WARM TEMPERATURES… THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT

STRONG UPPER FORCING COULD ENHANCE SNOWFALL RATES ENOUGH TO ALLOW

FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA BY

MID TO LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING… BUT THIS WOULD

BE MAINLY OVER ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES. ALTHOUGH LIGHT SNOW

COULD BE SEEN AS FAR SOUTH AS A LA GRANGE TO ATHENS LINE… IT

APPEARS THE GREATER CHANCES FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION WOULD BE

GENERALLY NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR WEST OF ATLANTA… AND THE

I-85 CORRIDOR EAST OF ATLANTA.

 

AT THIS TIME… NO WIDESPREAD TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ARE EXPECTED

WITH THE INITIAL SNOWFALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING…

EXCEPT POSSIBLY IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS WHERE THERE IS

A GREATER POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER…

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR PATCHES OF BLACK ICE DEVELOPING ON BRIDGES

AND OVERPASSES FROM LATE THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH MID FRIDAY

MORNING WHEN TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING.

 

ALL INTEREST ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO

MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF

WINTER WEATHER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT.