Snow On The Way?

AJC headline: "Atlanta Colder Than Alaska"
Taken from www.ajc.com

Atlantans awakened to weather colder than Alaska and Quebec Wednesday, and by late Thursday, there could be a dusting of snow to go along with those frigid temperatures.

The morning low of 19 at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was a full 10 degrees colder than the 29 degrees reported in Anchorage. It was also colder than Quebec City's 25, Montreal's 22 and Buffalo's overnight low of 20.

The latest forecast from the National Weather Service is for precipitation to begin by Thursday afternoon across northwest and west-central Georgia, then spread across the remainder of north and central Georgia during the afternoon hours and continue into Thursday night.

Forecasters said preliminary indications were that 1 to 2 inches of snow could accumulate across the north Georgia mountains, with up to an inch possible north of a line from Columbus to Washington – an area that includes all of metro Atlanta.

The Weather Service said snowfall amounts could be affected by two factors: the exact path of a low-pressure system expected to develop in the Gulf of Mexico and how warm temperatures get before the arrival of the snow.

The chance of snow is 60 percent on Thursday and 40 percent Thursday night. Highs Thursday should be in the upper 30s, but overnight lows near 20 degrees are predicted.