WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 324 PM EST THU DEC 03 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH GEORGIA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE
RAPIDLY NORTHEAST OVER FLORIDA TONIGHT AND UP ALONG THE MIDDLE
ATLANTIC COAST ON SATURDAY. ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE
ATLANTIC AND GULF WILL MERGE OVER GEORGIA TO PRODUCE AROUND ONE
QUARTER OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN IN THE FORM OF LIGHT RAIN THEN
CHANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT TO SLEET...THEN SNOW IN PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST AND NORTH GEORGIA. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
GENERALLY LESS THAN A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON GRASSY
AND ELEVATED SURFACES NORTH OF A CARROLLTON THROUGH MARIETTA AND
DAWSONVILLE TO CLEVELAND LINE. AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION
IS POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS.
THE SNOW WILL END SATURDAY MORNING IN MOST AREAS...EXCEPT IN THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS WHERE IT MAY LAST INTO SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY
SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS AREA ADVISED TO USE
CAUTION AND SLOW DOWN WHILE DRIVING.
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