3 p.m. Ware Mechanical update: Temps are falling. Latest window looks for snow to begin after 6 p.m.
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Latest from Floyd EMA Director Tim Herrington: Currently we can expect the rain to continue most of the day today changing over to snow sometime after 6pm. The temperatures will fall below freezing sometime after midnight with the snow diminishing around daybreak. There is a possibility of icy road conditions affecting bridges, overpasses, and commuter traffic during the early morning hours as temperature rise above freezing early Saturday afternoon. Please review the slide presentation attached for more detailed information concerning our current weather situation.
11 a.m. NWS Weather Briefing
Current temps at 3 p.m.:
- Rome airport: 39 degrees, with 33 degree wind chill
- Cartersville airport: 37 degrees with 30 degree wind chill
What to expect today, overnight:
- At least another 0.25 of an inch of rain this afternoon.
- Up to one-inch of snow between 11 tonight and 11 a.m. Saturday.
- Temperatures staying above 32 degrees now through 12 a.m. Saturday
- Continuing live weather coverage all weekend from Hometown Headlines.
Rainfall since 6 p.m. Thursday (through 3 p.m.)
- Rome:1.41 inches
- Cartersville: 1.74 inches
- Calhoun: 1.49 inches.
Latest advisories, watches, warnings:
- Winter Weather Advisory, 3 p.m. until Jan. 23, 07 p.m. (Floyd, Bartow, Polk)
- Winter Storm Warning 3 p.m. until Jan. 23, 7 p.m. (Gordon County)
- Flood Watch until Jan. 23, 07 a.m. (all of Northwest Georgia)
- Wind Advisory from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday (Floyd, Bartow, Polk)
The forecast:
This Afternoon: Rain. High near 42. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight: Rain before 10pm, then rain and snow showers between 10pm and 11pm, then snow showers after 11pm. Low around 30. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 10am. Cloudy, with a high near 38. Northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27.
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