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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
551 AM EST THU JAN 2 2014
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551 AM EST THU JAN 2 2014
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
...ICY ROADS AND LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...
...GUSTY WINDS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT AREA-WIDE...
...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA
LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS DUE TO BLACK ICE AND LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AT THE ELEVATIONS MAINLY 1500 FT AND ABOVE IN NORTH
GEORGIA. ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE A DUSTING TO HALF OF AN
INCH WITH SOME LOCATIONS GETTING UP TO 1 INCH. STRONG WINDS OF
20-25 MPH GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. RESULTANT WIND CHILLS
WILL ALSO BE VERY COLD AND BELOW ZERO AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
NORTH GEORGIA. ADVISORIES FOR WINTER WEATHER...WIND...AND WIND
CHILL HAVE BEEN CORRESPONDINGLY ISSUED.
AREAS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION TODAY. MINOR FLOODING
WILL CONTINUE ON THE OCONEE RIVER NEAR DUBLIN AND THE OCMULGEE
RIVER NEAR ABBEVILLE OVERNIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
MOISTURE AHEAD AND ALONG OF A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR
CONTINUED RAIN TODAY...THEN THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT WILL BRING A
RAPID DECREASE IN TEMPERATURES. LINGERING MOISTURE ON THE ROADWAYS
WILL LIKELY FREEZE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA. STRONG
GRADIENT WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT AS WELL...MAKING FOR
COLD BLUSTERY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS EXTREME
NORTHEAST GEORGIA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
A RAIN AND SNOW MIX IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THE REGION. A BITTERLY COLD AIRMASS LOOKS TO SETTLE ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST U.S. BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND TEMPERATURES
FROM 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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