Freezing Rain Likely to Reach Further South with Colder Temps
As of just before noon today, the National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch north of a line from West Point to Thomaston to Sandersfille from Friday night to Saturday afternoon.
The image to the right from the National Weather Service shows that the winter storm might reach much further south than predicted earlier this morning. The pink area, which includes Atlanta inside the perimeter, will see freezing rain (ZR) and sleet (IP) The gold area, which includes Gwinnett, will likely see the same thing. Extreme northeast Georgia will probably see a combination of snow, sleet, and freezing rain.
I think that what is happening is that the cold air mas approaching from the north is turning out to be a lot stronger than thought earlier in the week. The predicted high for the Lawrenceville area on Saturday is now predicted to be only between 32 and 35 degrees — several degrees lower than predicted just a few hours ago. In addition there appears to be more moisture from the storm approaching from the southwest.
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