Be ready to check on your people, pets, plants and pipes because it’ll be freezing every morning this week. North Georgia could even see some snow Wednesday, and north metro Atlanta is in for a wintry mix.
Temperatures were in the 20s and 30s across the region ahead of sunrise Tuesday. Highs will creep into the 50s by the afternoon, and that will be about as warm as we get at least until the weekend. Throughout the remainder of the work week, highs will stay below the mid 40s.
It will be so cold that a 24-hour winter weather advisory has been issued for far North Georgia, which will go into effect at 1 a.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Such advisories are issued when snow, ice, sleet or a combination of all three are expected but conditions should not be hazardous enough to meet warning criteria.
Still, residents should be aware that the roads could be slippery enough to impact the Wednesday morning and evening commutes, the NWS warns.
By “6 o’clock (Wednesday) morning, we’re going to be tracking some wet snow moving into the North Georgia mountains, some occasional snowflakes mixing in on the north side of metro Atlanta and rain on the south side,” Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brian Monahan said.
The metro area won’t see any snow accumulations, but far North Georgia could see about a half-inch with up to an inch in higher elevations, the NWS projects.
The snow chance is being driven by another low pressure system pushing rain into metro Atlanta from the Gulf Coast, just like the storms that brought several inches of snow to the area last month.
“The difference is not a lot of moisture, and the temperatures are going to be warmer today ahead of this storm, so that will limit the potential winter impacts,” Monahan said.
In recent past storms, temps had been at or below freezing leading up to the arrival of any moisture — ideal conditions for snow accumulation and the icy conditions it left behind.
Behind this system, though, “we’re all going to feel the very cold air into your Thursday,” Monahan said. “We’re not going to get out of the 30s for a lot of North Georgia.”
Friday afternoon should bring highs into the 40s at least, and we’ll see the 50s again over the weekend.
Then, we could see milder temps with highs in the 60s as soon as early next week.
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