Snow Out West in Bartow and Floyd Counties, but it's the Wind!

Submitted by Mike Francis, Chief Meteorologist

Thursday, January 12th, 2012, 9:56pm

Snow Out West in Bartow and Floyd Counties, but it's the Wind!

The Snow Gets The Headlines

Snow will continue to try to make it into the metro, but I still think this batch up here disipates before making into Atlanta. Again, N Cobb, N Fulton have the potential to see a few flakes as we have seen a few here and there across the north metro.

The Wind is the Big Story

We already have had reports of power outages in Woodstock and a few other locations. The wind will continue to blow around 35-40 mph tonight! Check out some of the wind gusts down below!! The good news is that the winds should slowly subside by the early morning hours across the state and we won't have as bad of gusts. The winds will still be up big time tomorrow, but nowhere near as bad as they are tonight.

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Snow Being Reported in the North Metro!

Submitted by Mike Francis, Chief Meteorologist

Thursday, January 12th, 2012, 8:07pm

Ok, now this isn't a major dumping, but here is where there are flurries being reported from all my great weather watchers from my facebook page:

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Dalton, Summerville, ROcky Face, Calhoun, Adairsville, Acworth, Rome, Armuchee. Thanks to all weather watchers for the reports!

There is another batch of snow in Alabama that will be moving in over the next few hours and we could see a dusting to a bit more in the N Georgia mountains.

COLD AIR HAS ARRIVED

Check out all the maps below showintg the temps, the wind gusts, and the wind chill!! We can expect our temps to drop to the lower 30's by around 9pm tonight, then lower 20's by tomorrow morning.

Again, thanks for all the reports!!

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Snow Expected In Parts of N Georgia Tonight!

Submitted by Mike Francis, Chief Meteorologist

Thursday, January 12th, 2012, 4:53pm

Snow Expected In Parts of N Georgia Tonight!

Update at 4:35. Snow now falling in parts of Gilmer and Fannin counties

Winter Weather Advisory in Effect for Parts of N Georgia Through 7am Tomorrow

Yes we are still expecting snow to start moving into the N Georgia mountains within the next 2 hours. Here are the counties:

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Latest Snow Totals Graphic, notice N Georgia has some near 2 inch amounts!

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WEATHER BLOG | Snow expected to fall in north Georgia mountains

Submitted by The Associated Press on Thursday, January 12th, 3:50 pm

ATLANTA (AP) - Up to an inch of snow is expected to fall in parts of north Georgia as a cold front moves into the area.

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The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for 11 counties in north Georgia. The advisory includes the cities of Blairsville, Chatsworth, Cleveland, Dalton and Dahlonega.

The advisory will be in effect from 7 p.m. Thursday to 7 a.m. Friday.

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Wind and Cold Air Returns

Submitted by Chesley McNeil, Meteorologist

Thursday, January 12th, 2012, 9:00am

WIND ADVISORY in effect until Midnight. Winds will be out of the West at 15 to 25mph.

Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 7pm tonight through 7am Friday.

Few clouds over head this morning rotating around the area of low pressure that brought the isolated thunderstorms. That low is pulling away to the Northeast, but another cold front will move through this afternoon and bring a chance for snow in the North GA mountains. The front does not have a lot of moisture to work with, so only expecting light accumulations if any. Up to an inch in the higher elevations.

Sunshine will return for Friday, but much cooler behind the front. Friday’s high will only be in the low 40s.

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Overnight Video Blog for the Winter Weather

Submitted by Mike Francis, Chief Meteorologist

Thursday, January 12th, 2012, 12:28am

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Snow Looking More and More Likely

Submitted by Mike Francis, Chief Meteorologist

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012, 10:31pm

Latest models are coming in and it is still showing very good chances for some light snow in the N Georgia mountains tomorrow night mainly after 7pm. Down below is the latest RPM (our local model) and it is showing a dusting to an inch up north. The National Weather Service has a few flurries as far south as northern metro counties such as North Paulding, Cobb, Fulton, and Gwinnett. I still think that might be a bit too far south since the cold air will arive at almost the same time the precip starts to wind down. None the less, there is a glimer of a chance. More updates later....

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