ATLANTA — A chilly night is in store for your Thursday, and another cold front will be moving in on Friday.
"As this front arrives, we're not going to see much in the way with weather with it," said Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Glenn Burns.
Burns said that front will bring a reinforcing shot of cold for the weekend.
Low temperatures for Friday are expected to sink below freezing, with lows in the high 20s and low 30s across north Georgia.
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Burns said those temperatures are normal for this time of year, but that makes it harder to deal with when the high across the metro was 67 on Wednesday.
High temperatures across the metro will be in the mid-40s for Friday, about 10 degrees below average, Burns said.
A cold front next week will bring a chance for some light snow or mix across parts of north Georgia.
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"Get used to it, folks. Winter is just getting started," Burns said.
There will be a small bump in the temperature for the weekend, with highs expected in the upper 40s and low 50s.
Another front of arctic air is expected to move into north Georgia next week.
- Updated hour-by-hour cloud forecast timing when the clouds break today giving way to sunshine
- New models pinpointing 20s arriving for morning lows
- Pinpointing our next cold front followed by the coldest temps of the season thus far
Rain Causes Messy Morning Commute
The wet roads were issue Thursday morning for drivers on their morning commute. Triple Team Traffic's Mark Arum has access to thousands of DOT cameras across north Georgia to monitor the roads and give you real time updates on Channel 2 Action News This Morning. He tracked more than a dozen crashes this morning.
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Some areas saw anywhere from 1-2 inches of rain, creating flooded roads. The flooding brought traffic to a standstill on Northside Drive Wednesday evening.
Our Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologists used the most advanced weather technology to track this line of rain and storms for nearly a week as it moved across the country and into Georgia.
Channel 2's Steve Gehlbach found a downed tree blocking Howell Mill Road, between Moores Mill Road and Northside Drive in Atlanta early Thursday morning.
Tree down blocking Howell Mill Rd. between Moores Mill and Northside...may cause problems for commute if not cut/moved by morning pic.twitter.com/nzYIozS3UT
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) January 24, 2019
MORNING UPDATES ON TRAFFIC CRASHES:
7:26 a.m.: Crash on I-85 S past GA-400 blocking right lane.
Fulton Co.: Crash: I-85/sb past GA-400; blocks the right lane; delays; https://t.co/RuPa64SzPC; #ATLTraffic pic.twitter.com/qMIUoReCge
— Triple Team Traffic (@WSBTraffic) January 24, 2019
6:58 a.m.: Crash on GA-400 S near Holcomb Bridge Road is blocking a center lane.
Fulton Co.; Crash: GA-400/sb south of Holcomb Bridge Rd,; blocks the left lane; delays; https://t.co/RuPa64SzPC; #ATLTraffic pic.twitter.com/eCy3op0rs3
— Triple Team Traffic (@WSBTraffic) January 24, 2019
6:57 a.m.: Crash on the Downtown Connected north at Langford Parkway.
Downtown: Crash: I-75/85/nb at Langford Pkwy; blocks the center lane; delays; https://t.co/RuPa64SzPC; #ATLTraffic pic.twitter.com/09WyWirp42
— Triple Team Traffic (@WSBTraffic) January 24, 2019
6:51 a.m.: Crash on I-285 W at Riverdale Road in Clayton County.
Clayton Co.: Crash: I-285/wb (inner loop) at Riverdale Rd.; blocks the right lane; delays; https://t.co/RuPa64SzPC; #ATLTraffic pic.twitter.com/0FJ95EZO4q
— Triple Team Traffic (@WSBTraffic) January 24, 2019
6:38 a.m.: Crash blocking all lanes of Mundy Mill at Thurmond Tanner Parkway in Hall County.
TRAVEL ADVISORY: Hall Co.: Mundy Mill at Thurmond Tanner Pkwy; All Lanes are Blocked; delays; https://t.co/RuPa64SzPC; #ATLTraffic pic.twitter.com/6Bcfy9Ybcd
— Triple Team Traffic (@WSBTraffic) January 24, 2019
6:25 a.m.: All eastbound lanes of S. Fulton Parkway near Roosevelt Highway shutdown due to tractor-trailer crash.
All EB lanes of S. Fulton Pkwy shutdown near Roosevelt Hwy where tractor trailer flipped over. LIVE report in 5 min #ATLTraffic @WSBTraffic @MarkArum @mckayWSB @AshleyFrascaWSB pic.twitter.com/CMf1ZPMLzl
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) January 24, 2019
5:46 a.m.: Big rig crash on I-285 S at Camp Creek Parkway.
Fulton Co.: Yet ANOTHER big rig crash this morning...I-285/sb (Outer Loop) at Camp Creek Pkwy in the right lane. #ATLtraffic pic.twitter.com/xEwQE0A7Io
— Triple Team Traffic (@WSBTraffic) January 24, 2019
4:51 a.m.: Overturned truck crash on South Fulton Parkway near Mason and Welcome All Roads.
Fulton Co.: Overturned truck crash...S. Fulton Pkwy. near Mason and Welcome All Roads. Police are on the scene and lanes are blocked. Avoid. #ATLtraffic
— Triple Team Traffic (@WSBTraffic) January 24, 2019
4:22 a.m.: Big tree is blocking Howell Mill Road between Northside Drive and Moores Mill Road in Atlanta.
Big tree fell and now blocking Howell Mill Rd. between Northside and Moores Mill. Live report on still wet roads coming up at 4:30a pic.twitter.com/UEgNnhAZEh
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) January 24, 2019
2:56 a.m.: A truck crash was blocking at least one lane on I-20 E before Chapel Hill Road in Douglas County.
Douglas Co.: Truck crash on I-20/eb before Chapel Hill Rd. (Ex. 36). Left lane blocked; use far two right lanes. pic.twitter.com/5SAqafv76c
— Triple Team Traffic (@WSBTraffic) January 24, 2019
2:15 a.m.: Truck crash on I-285 W near North Peachtree Road. All lanes were temporarily blocked.
RED ALERT-Dunwoody: Truck crash blocks I-285/wb past exit for Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd. /N. Peachtree Rd. (Ex. 30). Traffic diverted at ramp onto Cotillion Dr./wb for detour. #ATLtraffic pic.twitter.com/h4wY5o4BFi
— Triple Team Traffic (@WSBTraffic) January 24, 2019
1 a.m.: Three cars were involved in a crash on I-75 S near Mount Zion Boulevard. Crews cleared the scene and reopened lanes around 1:30 a.m.
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