HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 610 AM EST FRI DEC 4 2009
Expiration: 615 AM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH
GEORGIA SATURDAY MORNING.
.SYNOPSIS...
WEAKENING HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. SHOULD KEEP NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA PRECIPITATION FREE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A
DEVELOPING WINTER STORM SYSTEM ALONG THE GULF COAST WILL MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD TODAY PUSHING RAIN INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA JUST AFTER
SUNSET. THIS SAME SYSTEM WILL BRING A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW TO NORTH
GEORGIA EARLY SATURDAY.
.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS THE NORTH GEORGIA
MOUNTAINS.
.DISCUSSION...
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES REACHING GEORGIA SATURDAY MORNING. A
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL
SPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS ALABAMA...FLORIDA...GEORGIA...AND THE
CAROLINAS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. COLD ADVECTION OCCURRING THROUGHOUT
THE DAY TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BRING SURFACE TEMPS TO NEAR FREEZING
BY SATURDAY MORNING OVER MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA. THE PRECIPITATION
TYPE SHOULD BE PREDOMINANTLY SNOW OVER THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS
WHERE TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE COLD TO ENOUGH TO ALLOW SOME
ACCUMULATIONS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
A WINTER STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ALONG THE GULF COAST WILL SPREAD A
MIX OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS N GEORGIA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY LESS THAN A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE
MAINLY ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES. AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTH GEORGIA
MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE STATE
TUESDAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS ANTICIPATED TUESDAY NIGHT...OTHERWISE NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA
SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
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