Rain showers will move out this afternoon, but the bitterly cold air will rush back into the Metro Atlanta area this evening.
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City added Bartow, Cherokee and Paulding counties to the Winter Weather Advisory this morning and remains in effect through 1am Thursday.
Get set for an Arctic Blast that will send morning temperatures into the low 20s by the end of this week, and daytime highs will be limited to the upper 30s to mid 40s.
Clouds will return Saturday, and a line of strong to potentially severe storms will roll through again on Sunday.
The average February monthly rainfall in Metro Atlanta is 4.55 inches, and many areas in the region received an average month’s amount of rain in the past 24 to 48 hours.
A few rounds of heavy rain will move through Metro Atlanta this week, producing as much as 2 to 3 inches of rainfall through Thursday morning.
February is one of the rainier months of the year for Metro Atlanta -- on average, about 4.5 inches of rain falls in a given February.
Temperatures are trending about 15 degrees above average for the first week of February, and the warmth will continue into the weekend.
Today's rain is associated with a weak cold front that won’t pack much of a punch with regards to the temperatures!
Instead of morning lows in the teens, sunrise temperatures will slowly climb into the upper 20s to low 30s. Even better -- afternoon temperatures will climb into the upper 40s to low 50s by Sunday.
January 2025 is nearly tied with January 2010 at 23rd coldest Januarys on record.
Heavy snow showers fell for half of Metro Atlanta -- but the other half didn’t even register a single snowflake!
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City expanded and upgraded the Metro Atlanta area into a Winter Storm *Warning* due to the snowfall creating hazardous travel conditions in Metro Atlanta, notably east of I-85 and south of I-20.
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has upgraded the Winter Storm Watch to a Winter Weather Advisory for the Metro Atlanta area, and it will be in effect from Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning.
The National Weather Service issues a Winter Storm Watch when there is potential for significant and hazardous winter weather to affect the area within 48 hours.
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