WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY

PEACHTREE CITY - A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for parts of north Georgia by the National Weather Service.<br /> <br /> Text of the advisory:<br /> <br /> URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE<br /> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA<br /> 324 PM EST FRI DEC 4 2009<br /> <br /> ...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND<br /> NORTH GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...<br /> .<br /> DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-<br /> CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-<br /> CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-<br /> INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...<br /> ROME...CARTERSVILLE...MARIETTA...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE<br /> <br /> 324 PM EST FRI DEC 4 2009<br /> <br /> ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST<br /> SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH GEORGIA...<br /> THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A<br /> WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET...WHICH IS IN<br /> EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY.<br /> <br /> A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE<br /> RAPIDLY NORTHEAST OVER FLORIDA TONIGHT AND UP ALONG THE MIDDLE<br /> ATLANTIC COAST ON SATURDAY. ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE<br /> ATLANTIC AND GULF WILL MERGE OVER GEORGIA TO PRODUCE AROUND ONE<br /> QUARTER OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL<br /> GEORGIA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.<br /> <br /> THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN IN THE FORM OF LIGHT RAIN THEN<br /> CHANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT TO SLEET...THEN SNOW IN PORTIONS OF<br /> NORTHWEST AND NORTH GEORGIA. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF<br /> GENERALLY LESS THAN A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON GRASSY<br /> AND ELEVATED SURFACES NORTH OF A CARROLLTON THROUGH MARIETTA AND<br /> DAWSONVILLE TO CLEVELAND LINE. AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION<br /> IS POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS.<br /> THE SNOW WILL END SATURDAY MORNING IN MOST AREAS...EXCEPT IN THE<br /> NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS WHERE IT MAY LAST INTO SATURDAY<br /> AFTERNOON.<br /> <br /> PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...<br /> A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY<br /> SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY<br /> ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS AREA ADVISED TO USE<br /> CAUTION AND SLOW DOWN WHILE DRIVING.