Winter Weather Advisory In Effect Until 7PM

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING FOR RABUN-HABERSHAM- AND MACON COUNTIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

HAZARDS INCLUDE A POSSIBLE BRIEF SNOW…MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND THEN FREEZING RAIN. SLEET WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION COMPLETELY OVER TO RAIN BY EVENING.

ACCUMULATIONS…A DUSTING OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE
 POSSIBLE…EXCEPT UP TO AN INCH ALONG THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN
 RIDGES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN
 INCH…APPROACHING A TENTH INCH IN A FEW NORTHERN AREAS OF THE
 ADVISORY. MIXING WITH WINDS…EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH…EXCEPT SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PEAKS COULD SEE GUSTS TO 40 MPH, WHICH COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.

IMPACTS…ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW…SLEET…AND FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES…IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S…RISING ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH LATE DAY.