Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

000 
WWUS42 KFFC 150612
WSWFFC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
112 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005

...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...

.A WEDGE OF COLD DRY AIR HAS BUILT DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD...
ALLOWING TEMPERATURES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA TO FALL BELOW
FREEZING. FREEZING RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH
GEORGIA AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.

GAZ006>009-013-021-032-033-037-045>047-151415-
/O.CAN.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.051215T0612Z-051215T1800Z/
FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-CHEROKEE-COBB-NORTH FULTON-
OCONEE-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...DECATUR...CONYERS
112 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR JUST BELOW FREEZING THROUGH MID
MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING AFTER 10 AM
CHANGING THE FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN.

ICING ON TREES...POWER LINES AND EXPOSED SURFACES CAN BE EXPECTED.
SOME BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY MID MORNING...BUT UNTIL THEN USE
EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN UNDER 1/4 INCH TONIGHT IN THE ADVISORY AREA.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

GAZ025-027-034>036-151415-
/O.UPG.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T1500Z/
/O.EXB.KFFC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/
JACKSON-MADISON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS
112 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF JACKSON...MADISON...GWINNETT...BARROW
AND CLARKE COUNTIES ARE EXPECTED TO GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS
BETTER THURSDAY AFTERNOON. UP TO 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ON ALL EXPOSED SURFACES INCLUDING SOME
ROADS...MANY BRIDGES...TREES AND POWER LINES. 

FREEZING RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. UNTIL THEN...TRAVEL
IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.

$$

GAZ014>016-022>024-151415-
/O.EXT.KFFC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/
DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE
112 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005

...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE UP TO 1/4 OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS DAWSON... LUMPKIN...WHITE...FORSYTH...HALL AND BANKS
COUNTIES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. ROADS...BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AS
WELL AS MANY TREES AND POWER LINES WILL LIKELY RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT
ICE ACCUMULATIONS. 

FREEZING RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. UNTIL THEN...TRAVEL
IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE
ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO
SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE
DANGER.

$$

GAZ020-031-038-039-043-044-048-053>055-057-151415-
/O.NEW.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.051215T0612Z-051215T1800Z/
BARTOW-PAULDING-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-NEWTON-
COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARTERSVILLE...DOUGLASVILLE...
EAST POINT...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
112 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR JUST BELOW FREEZING THROUGH MID
MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING AFTER 10 AM
CHANGING THE FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN.

ICING ON TREES...POWER LINES AND EXPOSED SURFACES CAN BE EXPECTED.
SOME BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY MID MORNING...BUT UNTIL THEN USE
EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN UNDER 1/4 INCH TONIGHT IN THE ADVISORY AREA.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS42 KFFC 151217
WSWFFC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
717 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005

...DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...

.FREEZING RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS
MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY BEFORE GRADUALLY
CHANGING TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.

GAZ020-031-043-044-048-053>055-057-151330-
/O.CAN.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051215T1800Z/
BARTOW-PAULDING-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-NEWTON-COWETA-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARTERSVILLE...DOUGLASVILLE...
EAST POINT...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
717 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. 

TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK ACROSS SOUTH AND
WEST PARTS OF THE ATLANTA METRO AREA INCLUDING BARTOW...PAULDING...
DOUGLAS...NEWTON...COWETA...FAYETTE...CLAYTON AND HENRY COUNTIES.
WHILE SOME LIGHT FREEZING MAY OCCUR ON TREES AND POWER LINES
THROUGH MID MORNING...HAZARODOUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
CONDITIONS WILL STEADILY IMPROVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

$$

GAZ014>016-022>025-027-034>036-152000-
/O.CON.KFFC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/
DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-GWINNETT-
BARROW-CLARKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS
717 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005

...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE UP TO 1/4 OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS DAWSON... LUMPKIN...WHITE...FORSYTH...HALL...BANKS...
JACKSON...MADISON...GWINNETT...BARROW AND CLARKE COUNTIES TODAY.
ROADS...BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AS WELL AS MANY TREES AND POWER LINES
WILL LIKELY RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. 9 1 1
DISPATCHERS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES KNOCKED
DOWNED RESULTING IN MANY POWER OUTAGES.

FREEZING RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS
TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. UNTIL THEN...TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND
FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.

$$

GAZ006>009-013-021-032-033-037>039-045>047-151800-
/O.CON.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051215T1800Z/
FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-CHEROKEE-COBB-NORTH FULTON-
OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...DECATUR...CONYERS
717 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTH GEORGIA. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN VERY NEAR THE FREEZING MARK
THROUGH MID MORNING BEFORE RISING ABOVE FREEZING AFTER 10 AM CHANGING
THE FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN.

CONTINUED ICING ON TREES...POWER LINES AND EXPOSED SURFACES CAN BE
EXPECTED THIS MORNING. SOME BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BECOME
SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. 9 1 1 DISPATCHERS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS
TREES DOWN AND SOME POWER OUTAGES FROM THE FREEZING RAIN
OVERNIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY LATE MORNING...BUT UNTIL
THEN USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS42 KFFC 151510
WSWFFC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1010 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005

...DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST 
GEORGIA...

.FREEZING RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA
THIS MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL MID DAY BEFORE
GRADUALLY CHANGING TO RAIN AND DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON.


GAZ006>009-013-021-032-033-045-046-151615-
/O.CAN.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051215T1800Z/
FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-CHEROKEE-COBB-NORTH FULTON-
DEKALB-ROCKDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...DECATUR...CONYERS
1010 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELED THE
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY.

TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S AT MID MORNING
AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WARM THE REST OF THE DAY. IN
ADDITION THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON. SOME TREES AND POWER LINES STILL HAVE ICE ON THEM BUT
SHOULD SHED THEIR ICE BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

$$

GAZ014>016-022>025-027-034>036-152300-
/O.CON.KFFC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/
DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-GWINNETT-
BARROW-CLARKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS
1010 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005

...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS 
AFTERNOON. 

DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAS BEEN
REPORTED ACROSS DAWSON...LUMPKIN...WHITE...FORSYTH...HALL...BANKS...
JACKSON...MADISON...GWINNETT...BARROW AND CLARKE COUNTIES
THIS MORNING. TREES AND POWER LINES ARE COATED WITH ICE WITH
POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN SOME COMMUNITIES. TREES AND TREE LIMBS ARE
BREAKING FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE. GAINESVILLE DOT REPORTED
AROUND 400 TREES DOWN IN THEIR AREA. STREETS AND HIGHWAYS ARE GENERALLY
FREE OF ICE EXCEPT SOME ICE HAS BEEN REPORTED ON BRIDGES AND
OVER PASSES. SOME ROADS WERE REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO TREES BEING DOWN.
TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING.

TEMPERATURES ARE SLOWLY WARMING HOWEVER THEY ARE STILL AROUND
FREEZING IN THE WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY
THROUGH THE MORNING BUT SHOULD BE CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN BY
MIDDAY AND THEN DIMINISHING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS
POSSIBLE UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON.


AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND
FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.



$$

GAZ037>039-047-151800-
/O.CON.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051215T1800Z/
OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-WALTON-
1010 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE
MORNING AND THEN CHANGING TO ALL RAIN AND DIMINISHING THIS
AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR FREEZING IN THE ADVISORY AREA BUT
SHOULD RISE TO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S BY NOON.

SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE
BUT NOT EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT. BRIDGES AND OVER PASSES MAY HAVE
SOME SLICK SPOTS OTHERWISE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS ARE MOSTLY FREE
OF ICE. CAUTION IS STILL ADVISED IF TRAVELING THROUGH THE REST OF
THE MORNING.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS42 KFFC 151746
WSWFFC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1246 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005



GAZ014>016-022>025-027-034>036-151900-
/O.CAN.KFFC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/
DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-GWINNETT-
BARROW-CLARKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS
1246 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005

...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELED THE
ICE STORM WARNING. 

TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING OVER NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AND PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO RAIN. ICE
ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES WILL GRADUALLY MELT DURING THE
AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE SLOWLY INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S.
ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES COULD STILL OCCUR DUE TO TREE LIMBS BREAKING
FROM THE REMAINING ICE ON THE TREES.

RAIN WILL BE DIMINISHING DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON WITH CLEARING
SKIES ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.


$$

GAZ037>039-047-151900-
/O.CAN.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051215T1800Z/
OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-WALTON-
1246 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELED THE
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. 

TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO THE MIDDLE 30S AND PRECIPITATION HAS
CHANGED OVER TO RAIN. ANY ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER
LINES WILL MELT DURING THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE SLOWLY
INTO THE UPPER 30S.

RAIN WILL BE DIMINISHING DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON WITH CLEARING
SKIES ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.





$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
636 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005

.UPDATE...WITH WET BULB ZERO TEMPERATURES ALREADY BELOW FREEZING
OVER A GOOD PORTION OF THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST...WOULD FEEL BETTER
IF WE HAD MORE WIDESPREAD ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS FOR POSSIBLE
FREEZING RAIN. MOST OF THE PRECIP STILL BACK IN ALABAMA...BUT 18Z
NAM SHOWS PRECIP SPREADING QUICKLY INTO GEORGIA THIS EVENING. WITH
NO SIGN OF ANY RISE IN DEW POINTS CURRENTLY...AS PRECIP BECOMES
MORE STEADY SHOULD SEE A TEMPERATURE DROP...WHICH WOULD ONLY TAKE
A FEW DEGREES TO REACH FREEZING SINCE MOST TEMPERATURES ALREADY IN
THE MID 30S. WILL UPGRADE THE ADVISORY AREA TO AN ICE STORM
WARNING AS THIS AREA SHOULD REACH FREEZING MORE QUICKLY AND HAVE
LONGER DURATIONS. WILL PUT UP AN ADVISORY IN SOME COUNTIES OF
NORTH AND NORTHEAST SURROUNDING THE WARNING AREA FOR SOME SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN...BUT WITH GROUND TEMPERATURES ABOVE
FREEZING...ANY ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE IN TREES AND POWERLINES.
HOWEVER DO NOT EXPECT ENOUGH DURATION IN THIS AREA TO CAUSE PROBLEMS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 550 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005)

SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
CAD WEDGE HAS BEEN STRENGTHENING THROUGH THE DAY AS LOWER DEWPOINTS
HAVE FILTERED IN FROM THE NORTHEAST. TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS
UPSTREAM ARE A BIT WORRISOME...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR
EVAPORATIVE COOLING. SOME PRECIPITATION HAS ALREADY BEGUN ACROSS THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA...WE HAVE RECEIVED SCATTERED REPORTS OF
LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW FLURRIES THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS...NOT SURPRISING GIVEN THE PROFILE AND THE EXPECTED
EVOLUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE THROUGH THE DAY. THIS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING...WITH
TEMPERATURES STEADY FOR A WHILE THEN SLOWLY DECREASING.

DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ARE HIGH ENOUGH THAT
EVAPORATIVE COOLING MAY QUICKLY ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO THE
FREEZING MARK AGAIN. TEMPS SHOULD THEN HOVER NEAR THE FREEZING LEVEL
MOST OF THE NIGHT IN THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS...WHILE FOR MOST OF
THE REST OF THE AREA TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. EXACT
TEMPERATURES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT AND WILL DEPEND ON ONSET
OF PRECIPITATION...HOW LONG IT TAKES TO REACH SATURATION...AND HOW
WARM TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY GET TODAY...AMONG OTHER THINGS.
MEANWHILE...PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEING IN EARNEST THIS EVENING AND
EARLY TONIGHT. OF COURSE...THE FIRST BIT OF QPF /PERHAPS NOT QUITE
THE TYPICAL QUARTER OF AN INCH OR SO/ WILL GO INTO EVAPORATIVE
COOLING. MOST OF THE PRECIP SHOULD BE RAIN...BUT WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED TO SEE A CONTINUED MIX ACROSS THE AREA...BUT ANYTHING THAT
DOES FALL AS FREEZING OR FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL MELT AND NO
IMPACTS WILL BE FELT...EXCEPT IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. AN UPDATED SPS
WILL BE ISSUED TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION.

ALSO...WILL ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A FEW COUNTIES IN
THE CLIMATOLOGICALLY PREFERRED CAD AREA. WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING
NEAR FREEZING...AND WBZS BELOW FREEZING UNTIL NEAR 12Z THURSDAY...
THE GRADIENT OF WBZS BETWEEN THE SURFACE AND TREETOP LEVEL WOULD BE
PLENTY TO ALLOW FOR SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ON TREES AND
POWERLINES. PRE-EXISTING WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES WOULD PRECLUDE ANY
ROAD OR TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THE MOST PART...EXCEPT PERHAPS ON A FEW
EXPOSED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. NOMOGRAM THICKNESSES FOR THE GVL
AREA /AND NATURALLY AREAS NORTH AND EAST WOULD BE COOLER/ BEGIN IN
THE WINTRY MIXTURE AREA...CROSS INTO FREEZING RAIN/RAIN...AND
FINALLY INTO RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING. WBZS ARE USED TO DELINEATE
BETWEEN FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN AND THESE ARE BELOW FREEZING FOR THE
MOST PART OVERNIGHT...HENCE THE NEED FOR A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
AGAIN...ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ONLY AT NUISANCE
LEVELS...BELOW 1/4 INCH.

OF THE GFS AND THE NAM...THE GFS IS THE MORE PREFERRED TRACK OF THE
SURFACE LOW AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST /NAM HAS A LOT OF CONVECTIVE
PRECIP ALONG THE COAST THAT HAS YET TO MATERIALIZE/...BUT HAVE STILL
OPTED TO SLOW IT DOWN SOMEWHAT AND ADJUST THE CIRCULATION CENTER
FURTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE BAROCLINICITY OF THE COASTAL
AREAS /A MORE TYPICALLY PREFERRED TRACK OF COASTAL LOWS/. EROSION
SEEMS TO BE TOO FAST...SO HAVE KEPT POPS IN FOR MOST OF THE DAY
THURSDAY. HOWEVER... MOSTLY CLEAR FOR FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES THURSDAY
WILL BE TOTALLY DEPENDENT UPON HOW QUICKLY THE PARENT HIGH MOVES OFF
THE EAST COAST...HOW QUICKLY THEN THE CAD WEDGE ERODES...AND IF
THERE IS ANY WRAPAROUND PRECIPITATION. FOR NOW...UPPER 30S
NORTHEAST...AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR 60 SOUTHERN ZONES. NEAR FREEZING
THURSDAY NIGHT. 40S AND 50S FOR FRIDAY...AND COOLING AGAIN FRIDAY
NIGHT WITH 20S AND 30S.

THANKS MRX/GSP/CAE/CHS FOR COLLABORATION WITH THIS EVENT.

LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST WHILE ANOTHER COASTAL LOW
DEVELOPS ALONG THE GULF COAST. IT SPREADS PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE
AREA MAINLY ON SUNDAY...PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA MAY SEE SOME SNOW
EARLY THAT MORNING. FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE EAST
COAST TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...WHILE YET MORE MOISTURE IS PULLED
INTO THE AREA FROM ANOTHER GULF COAST SYSTEM. STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW
BEHIND THIS MAY ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO COOL ENOUGH TO BRING SNOW
AGAIN TO NORTHERN GEORGIA...BUT FOR NOW ONLY RAIN IN THE FORECAST
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. HIGHS 40S AND 50S...LOWS 20S AND 30S.

AVIATION...
MVFR CEILINGS ALREADY DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND THIS TREND
SHOULD CONTINUE. I EXPECT MVFR CEILINGS...MAINLY BETWEEN 2-3KFT...
FROM AHN WESTWARD ACROSS THE ATLANTA AREA TAF SITES BY 00Z. MCN AND
CSG WILL BE A LITTLE SLOWER...BUT SHOULD SEE CEILINGS DROP INTO THE
MVFR RANGE BETWEEN 00Z AND 03Z. ALL SITES WILL SEE VFR CEILINGS
DEVELOPING BETWEEN 06Z AND 09Z...PERSISTING THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY.
VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO DROP AFTER 03Z AS OCCASIONAL RAIN...MIXED
WITH SLEET AT TIMES...MOVES INTO THE REGION. VISIBILITIES SHOULD
DROP BELOW 3 MILES AFTER 06Z MOST AREAS AND REMAIN IN THE 1-3 MILE
RANGE UNTIL AROUND 18Z THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY
LIQUID AT ATL...FTY...PDK...RYY WITH A CHANCE FOR SLEET MIXED IN
THROUGH 06Z AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN AT OR ABOVE FREEZING OVERNIGHT.
AT AHN RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET WILL LIKELY SWITCH TO A MIXTURE OF RAIN
AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER 03Z...CONTINUING THROUGH 14Z TO 18Z
THURSDAY. FURTHER SOUTH...CSG AND MCN SHOULD SEE ALL LIQUID
PRECIPITATION WITH ONLY A SMALL CHANCE OF A LITTLE SLEET MIXED IN
THIS EVENING...MAINLY BETWEEN 00Z AND 04Z. WINDS WILL REMAIN EAST TO
SOUTHEAST THROUGH 15Z THURSDAY...THEN SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND
EVENTUALLY WEST THROUGH 00Z.

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATLANTA         33  46  31  49 / 100 100   5   5
ATHENS          31  42  32  52 / 100 100   5  10
GAINESVILLE     31  38  30  50 / 100 100   5   5
ROME            38  50  28  50 / 100  90  10  10
COLUMBUS        42  57  34  53 /  90  90   5   5
MACON           38  55  31  56 /  90  90   5   5

&&

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ICE STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 PM THURSDAY FOR EXTEME NORTHEAST GEORGIA
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM THURSDAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

&&

26

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1200 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-151100-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-CRAWFORD-
CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DE KALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-FANNIN-FAYETTE-
FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-
HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-
JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-
MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-
OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-
SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-
TELFAIR-TOOMBS-TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-
WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
1200 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY.

...WINTERY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...

.SYNOPSIS...
COLD...DRY AIR IN PLACE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA WILL BE
REINFORCED OVER THE NORTH AND EAST GEORGIA AS NORTHEAST FLOW WILL
PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT.  WESTERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA WILL SEE
AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE BY THIS EVENING AS WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTH
JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE. A LARGE STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ALONG THE
GULF COAST WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD GEORGIA.

PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE MOST LIKELY TYPE OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE RAIN BUT SOME SLEET OR
SNOW FLURRIES WILL MIX IN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
AREAS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE A MIX OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL BE THE
METROPOLITAN ATLANTA AREA AND NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON...THEN NORTH
AND EAST OF AN ELLIJAY TO CUMMING TO ATHENS LINE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.

DISCUSSION...
A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM ALONG THE GULF COAST WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA OVERNIGHT. AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES...WARM
MOIST AIR WILL BE LIFTED ABOVE THE COOLER AIR AT THE SURFACE
ALLOWING MOISTURE TO CONDENSE AND PRECIPITATION TO FALL INTO THE
COLDER AIR. TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER NEAR OR JUST ABOVE
FREEZING...THUS SOME OF THE RAIN THAT FALLS MAY BE ABLE TO FREEZE ON
ELEVATED SURFACES. HOWEVER...SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE NOT COLD
ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN ANY PROLONGED FREEZING EVENT...SO ONCE
PRECIPITATION BEGINS...THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE WILL QUICKLY WARM. WHILE
SOME RAIN MAY BRIEFLY FREEZE...THE IMPACTS OF SUCH FREEZING WILL BE
MINIMAL IF ANY AT ALL.

.DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
SOME MIXED RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA SUNDAY MORNING
OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&
FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER
INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON
GEORGIA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
335 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005

GAZ006>009-013-021-025-027-032>035-045-150845-
FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-PICKENS-CHEROKEE-JACKSON-MADISON-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-DEKALB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...
DECATUR
335 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005

...MIXED PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA
TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY...

A WEDGE OF COLD DRY AIR HAS BUILT INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. AS
MOISTURE INCREASES FROM THE SOUTHWEST...THIS WARMER AND MOIST AIR
WILL RIDE UP OVER THE COLD DOME. AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO FALL
INTO THE COLD AIR...RAIN MAY INITIALLY MIX WITH LIGHT SLEET OR
SNOW FLURRIES THIS EVENING...OR PERHAPS CHANGE OVER BRIEFLY TO
FREEZING RAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...THROUGH MOST OF
THE EVENT...THE PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIQUID.

WITH PRE-EXISTING WARM SOIL TEMPERATURES...AND FREEZING OR FROZEN
PRECIPITATION THAT DOES FALL WILL HAVE MINIMAL IMPACT ON ROAD
SURFACES...ALTHOUGH SOME ICE MAY ACCUMULATE AT TREETOP LEVEL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES
ON THIS SITUATION.

GAZ001>005-011-012-019-020-030-031-036>039-041>044-046>060-150845-
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD-
BARTOW-POLK-PAULDING-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-
CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-
TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-
JASPER-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...
ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...CONYERS...
COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN
335 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005

...BRIEF WINTRY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...

A WEDGE OF COLD DRY AIR HAS BUILT INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. AS
MOISTURE INCREASES FROM THE SOUTHWEST...THIS WARM AND MOIST AIR
WILL RIDE UP OVER THE COLD DOME. RAIN MAY BRIEFLY MIX WITH LIGHT
SLEET...SNOW FLURRIES...OR PERHAPS SOME FREEZING RAIN...BUT NO
IMPACTS SHOULD BE FELT AS ANY FREEZING OR FROZEN PRECIPITATION
THAT FALLS SHOULD QUICKLY MELT. WHILE WINTRY PRECIPITATION CANNOT
BE RULED OUT THROUGH THIS EVENT...MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN LIQUID.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES
ON THIS SITUATION.