Winter Weather in Georgia, February 6, 2003

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1045 AM EST THU FEB 6 2002

TWEAKING THE FORECAST A BIT. NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS WILL BE A CLOSE
CALL AS FAR AS ACCUMULATION. MODEL SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SHOW
IT WARMING IN THE LOWER LEVELS BUT HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD STILL
SEE AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW. 850 TO 700 FORECAST THICKNESS AROUND 1545
IN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND WET BULB AT 925 MB NEAR ZERO THEREFORE
A BORDERLINE SITUATION. ELSEWHERE IN NORTH MOSTLY RAIN OR A MIXTURE
WITH NO ACCUMULATION. WARMING CONTINUES INTO FIRST PART OF NIGHT AND
THEN COOLING LATER BUT PRECIPITATION ENDS BY THEN.

.ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
606 AM EST THU FEB 6 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY.

A WINTERY MIX POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE TRAVELING ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST IS SPREADING
PRECIPITATION INTO THE STATE. TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOME LOCATIONS OF
NORTH GEORGIA WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SOME OF THIS PRECIPITATION TO
FALL IN THE FORM OF SLEET OR SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.PRIMARY HAZARD...THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE SLEET AND SNOW.

.DISCUSSION...
PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS
MORNING...BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOME LOCATIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA WILL BE COLD
ENOUGH FOR SOME OF THIS PRECIPITATION TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SLEET
OR SNOW. THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE IN THE AREA NORTH OF A LINE FROM
ROME TO GAINESVILLE WHERE THE WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL BE MORE
PERSISTENT. SLEET AND SNOW...ALONG WITH SOME RAIN...COULD OCCUR OVER
THIS AREA. THE BEST CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW...MAINLY ON THE
GRASS...WILL BE NORTH OF A DAWSONVILLE TO CLEVELAND LINE...WHERE UP
TO AN INCH IS POSSIBLE.

.FOR SPOTTERS...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER
INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1210 PM EST THU FEB 6 2003

...WINTERY WEATHER OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTH
GEORGIA...

A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE LOUISIANA GULF COAST AT MIDDAY
WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE GULF COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TO THE COAST
OF GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS TONIGHT. RAIN HAS SPREAD ACROSS MOST OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT. SOME
LIGHT SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED IN EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA WHERE
TEMPERATURES ARE HOVERING IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. A LIGHT DUSTING
OF SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED ON BRASSTOWN BALD MOUNTAIN WITH SNOW FLURRIES
REPORTED AROUND BLUE RIDGE AND BLAIRSVILLE.

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN EXTREME
NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATION COULD
OCCUR IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH POSSIBLY UP TO AN INCH IN SPOTS.
SOME WARMING ALOFT IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT RESULTING
IN MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO RAIN.

RESIDENTS IN EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS WEATHER SITUATION. MOTORIST SHOULD STAY ALERT
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME ICE OR SLUSH ON ROADS ESPECIALLY IN
HIGHER TERRAIN.