Georgia. Winter Storm Watch in Effect Monday Evening through Wednesday Morning.

Here we go again!

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
247 PM EST SUN FEB 9 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO ATLANTA TO HOMER.

* HAZARD TYPES...A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW MONDAY NIGHT...CHANGING BACK TO RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TUESDAY NIGHT WITH SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WITH 2 TO 4 ACROSS THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BEGIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. ICE WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADS TUESDAY NIGHT AGAIN MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ICING WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH COULD BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POSSIBLY SOME POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.

* TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S MONDAY NIGHT...REMAINING IN THE 30S TUESDAY...THEN FALLING INTO THE
UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S TUESDAY NIGHT.

* UNCERTAINTY...THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY IN THIS FORECAST AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE LEADING UP TO THE EVENT. FOLKS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY IN THE EVENT THAT THIS WATCH IS UPGRADED TO AN ADVISORY OR WARNING..

[link to www.srh.noaa.gov]

Last Edited by Rabid Wolf on 02/09/2014 03:58 PM