Updated Winter Weather Advisory

PEACHTREE CITY - The Winter Weather Advisory for a large portion of north and central Georgia has been updated by the National Weather Service.

It calls for 1-2 inches in the mountains; 1/2 to one inch elsewhere in north Georgia; and, up to 1/2 inch in central Georgia but the snow that does accumulate on roads will make for "extremely hazardous driving."

The updated advisory reads as follows:

...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOWFALL ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH
AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
THIS EVENING...SPREADING ANOTHER ROUND OF ARCTIC AIR INTO THE STATE
OVERNIGHT. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO
WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA TONIGHT. THIS WILL SPREAD GULF MOISTURE
AHEAD AND ALONG THE COLD FRONT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL
IN THE FORM OF MAINLY SNOW.

LIGHT SNOW ALREADY FALLING ACROSS NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHWARD THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS REMAIN POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE EVENING FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LA
GRANGE TO MONTICELLO TO WASHINGTON LINE. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...LIGHT
SNOW COULD ALLOW A QUARTER INCH OR LESS TO ACCUMULATE.

DUE TO THE LIMITED MOISTURE AND FAST MOVING SYSTEM...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
SHOULD BE LIGHT...WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES STILL EXPECTED OVER NORTH
GEORGIA...AND POSSIBLY A HALF INCH ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL
GEORGIA TO INCLUDE THE ATLANTA METRO AREA.

THE ADVISORY COVERS DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-ELBERT-HART-STEPHENS-HABERSHM-RABUN-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-
LAMAR-MONROE COUNTIES.

403 PM EST THU JAN 7 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE ADVISORY IS FOR
THE AREA NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE...TO FORSYTH...TO
WASHINGTON.

* TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL BEGINNING EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY
EXTREME NORTH...SPREADING SOUTH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE
MOUNTAINS...ONE HALF TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF
NORTH GEORGIA...AND UP TO ONE HALF INCH ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA
THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS: SNOW...AND ICE ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE DRIVING EXTREMELY
HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES
FALL BELOW FREEZING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS
AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND PATCHY ICE
AS RAINS AND MELTED SNOW REFREEZE ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS BY
THURSDAY EVENING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.