Northern Georgia braces for potential snow as cold weather continues - WSB Atlanta

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ATLANTA — Cold upwind is inactive importantly impacting the metro Atlanta area, but snowfall whitethorn beryllium connected the mode Monday night.

Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Eboni Deon says determination is the imaginable of airy snowfall oregon flurries moving into northbound Georgia successful the aboriginal evening done overnight hours.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp extended a authorities of exigency across the authorities for 24 much hours aft days of unsafe cold.

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All weekend, the metro Atlanta country has been experiencing immoderate of the coldest upwind the country has seen successful astir 9 years.

The Georgia Department of Transportation said it is prepared to dainty roads if necessary.

The anticipation of snowfall comes connected the heels of a play that near thousands successful the metro Atlanta country without h2o arsenic pipes burst successful the bitter cold. Several counties issued boil h2o advisories arsenic crews worked to hole h2o lines.

In beforehand of the wintertime upwind expected this evening and retired of other caution for the information of Georgia families, I person extended the State of Emergency related to this upwind lawsuit by an further 24 hours.

I proceed to impulse each Georgians to beryllium upwind alert and prepared. https://t.co/P4yDG7kkKe pic.twitter.com/FnxmbeEhHG

— Governor Brian P. Kemp (@GovKemp) December 26, 2022

Deon said the tempest could statesman arsenic a little rainfall and snowfall mix, past crook into airy snow.

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Accumulation is not expected.

Here’s what to cognize astir the system:

  • North metro Atlanta could spot a dusting
  • Higher evaluations/mountains could spot up to fractional an inch
  • Warmer temps to instrumentality aboriginal this week with highs successful the 60s by Thursday

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