In fact, according to the Weather Channel's John Askins, some of the coldest of the season. He and other forecasters expects lows across north Georgia to be in the 30s, 20s, and teens for perhaps the next ten days... with daytime highs only in the 30s and 40s.
The coldest in Gainesville so far this season was 17 on December 22.
Arctic air is heading southward, according to Meteorologist Stephen Konarik of the National Weather Service (NWS), and two cold fronts will bring temperatures below normal.
Konarik says the first blast of Canadian air will push through the metro Monday night and, on Thursday night, another cold front will move through.
IS THE DROUGHT OVER?
Meanwhile, despite all the rain since a month ago, state climatologist David Stooksbury says it will be several more months - perhaps "three or four" - before we know if the drought is over in north Georgia.
Six to seven inches of rain fell across north Georgia just last week. Lake Lanier is now almost three feet higher than it was January 1 and more than five feet higher than it was December 9. The level Monday morning was 1056.08.
(The Associated Press and Georgia News Network contributed to this story.)
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