Just got this special weather statement from the Weather Channel, here we go again !!! lol 246 PM EST SUN NOV 24 2013...TWO ROUNDS OF WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE IN NORTH GEORGIA THISWEEK...A GULF LOW WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA STARTING MONDAY NIGHT ANDINTO WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME COMPUTER MODELS SUGGEST THAT NORTHGEORGIA COULD SEE FROZEN PRECIPITATION AT THE BEGINNING AND AGAINAT THE END OF THE EVENT. THERE ARE STILL DISCREPANCIES IN THECOMPUTER MODEL SOLUTIONS AT THIS TIME. THE FORECAST IS SUBJECT TOCHANGE AND FINE TUNING AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE EVENT. BETWEEN THETWO EVENTS, RAIN IS EXPECTED AREA - WIDE.EVENT 1, MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...* LOCATIONS, ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET IN MURRAY, FANNIN...GILMER, UNION, TOWNS, PICKENS, DAWSON, UNION AND WHITECOUNTIES.* TIMING, 7 PM MONDAY THROUGH 7 AM TUESDAY.* IMPACTS, FREEZING RAIN AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM ATRACE TO 0.15 INCHES, HIGHEST AMOUNTS SHOULD BE AT THE HIGHESTELEVATIONS.* DISCUSSION, COLD AIR CURRENTLY IN PLACE WILL BE SLOW TO MOVEOUT AS THE GULF LOW APPROACHES THE AREA. AS A RESULT A SHALLOWCOLD LAYER WILL EXIST ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS IN NORTHGEORGIA. RAIN FALLING INTO THIS AIRMASS SHOULD FREEZE AS ITMAKES CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES SHOULDHELP TO KEEP ACCUMULATIONS LOW. AS THE NIGHT PROCEEDS THE AIRTEMPERATURE SHOULD WARM AND THE ICE SHOULD MELT BEFORE OR JUSTNEAR SUNRISE ON TUESDAY MORNING.* UNCERTAINTIES, COMPUTER MODELS ARE PREDICTING AROUND AN INCHOF RAIN TO FALL DURING THIS TIME. THE SPEED AT WHICH THE WARMMOVES INTO THE AREA WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIGHT ICEACCUMULATIONS AND POSSIBLY HIGHER THAN FORECAST ACCUMULATIONS.EVENT 2, WEDNESDAY...* LOCATIONS, NORTH OF A BUCHANAN TO CANTON TO CLEVELAND LINE.* TIMING, FROM 3AM WEDNESDAY TO 9AM WEDNESDAY ACROSS WESTERNPORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA. 7AM TO 7PM ACROSS THE NORTHEASTGEORGIA MOUNTAIN COUNTIES. PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENDING FROMWEST TO EAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY.* IMPACTS, SNOWFALL TOTALS UP TO 1.5 INCHES, AND ICEACCUMULATIONS UP TO 0.05 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET INTHE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS.* DISCUSSION, PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAYAS COLD AIR FILTERS IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM. THE MOISTURE AND COLDAIR WILL BRIEFLY ALIGN LATE TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY TO ALLOWRAIN TO CHANGE OVER TO A SNOW/SLEET MIX ACROSS NORTHWESTGEORGIA, PUSHING EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE NORTHEASTGEORGIA MOUNTAINS. THE EVENT WILL END AS BRIEF FREEZING RAIN ORFREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.* UNCERTAINTIES, IF WEDNESDAY MORNING LOWS ARE COOLER THANFORECAST, ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE HIGHER. ADDITIONALLY, THE AMOUNTOF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLYTHE MOISTURE MOVES OUT.STAY TUNED FOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST AND POSSIBLESTATEMENTS, ADVISORIES, WATCHES OR WARNINGS FROM YOUR NATIONALWEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY.$$TEAM PEACHTREE CITY$$
Posted on: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 20:42:03 +0000
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