ATLANTA — Though the snow may have stopped, the impacts from the winter storm are not over.
Temperatures are going to continue to fall throughout the night making conditions very icy over parts of North Georgia.
“We’re all going to settle down to below freezing and stay there for hours overnight,” Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Brad Nitz said.
The winter storm warning for all of North Georgia remains in effect until 7 a.m. because of icy conditions.
Nitz said the biggest impacts from the ice will be dangerous travel and power outages.
As of about midnight there were 103,000 power outages across North Georgia.
“We’ve already had tens of thousands of power outages. And I expect that’s going to increase overnight and into the morning hours,” Nitz said.
Ice Amounts:
Most of the southwest metro will see about 1/10th of an inch of ice.
The northeastern part of the metro could see up to 1/4 of an inch of ice in parts. Between Lawrenceville, Gainesville and Athens, people could see up to 1/2 inch of ice.
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“The spots that get up to 1/2 an inch of ice, do not drive. Just as simple as that,” Nitz said.
Nitz said that area will likely see downed trees and branches, widespread power outages, and dangerous driving conditions.
What to expect Saturday:
The day will start out cloudy with very little precipitation across North Georgia, with possible popup flurries in some areas.
But temperatures for hours will still remain just below freezing.
“It’s not going to get super cold, but we’ll have many hours, a good 6-8 hours continuously below freezing.
After about 8 a.m. things will warm up a bit through the afternoon. We get above freezing and will see some breaks in the clouds.
Another thing that will help dry things out is we will have gusty winds beginning in the morning.
Though it will make things colder, we’ll see gusts of 25-30 mph, drying up some of the slushiness and wetness left from Friday’s storm.
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