Ware Mechanical 2 p.m. update: Wind chill in the mid 20s, gusts above 25 mph. Latest advisories, watches, warnings.

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The situation:

Only the wind advisory remains in effect until 7 tonight. The other watches and warnings are expired. The National Weather Service cautions motorists to look out for black ice, especially overnight and into Sunday morning.

Temperatures as of 2 p.m.

Rome airport: 34 degrees, with 28-degree wind chill. Winds of 18 mph.
Cartersville airport: 31 degrees with 25-degree wind chill. Winds of 6 mph; gusts to 31 mph.
Calhoun: 29 degrees. Top gusts so far today: 17 mph.

Rainfall/snowfall since 6 p.m. Thursday (through 2 p.m. Saturday)

Rome:1.58 inches. Snow: 0.4 of an inch in Rome, half an inch in Cave Spring.
Cartersville: 1.59 inches. Snow: one inch.

Latest advisories, watches, warnings:

Winter weather advisory for Floyd, Bartow and Polk is over.
Winter storm warning for Gordon, Chattooga counties has expires.
This special weather statement remains in effect for Northwest Georgia:

PATCHES OF BLACK ICE WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ON ROADS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
THOUGH STRONG WINDS HAVE HELPED DRY MANY ROAD SURFACES...SHELTERED
AND SECONDARY ROADS MAY STILL HAVE WET AREAS WHICH WILL FREEZE.
REMAINING MOISTURE ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WOULD BE THE FIRST TO
FREEZE. EVEN LOCATIONS THAT ONLY SAW RAIN COULD EXPERIENCE
ISOLATED INSTANCES OF BLACK ICE ON ROADS...AS TEMPERATURES WILL
DROP WELL BELOW FREEZING AREAWIDE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
ANYONE TRAVELING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ICY
SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS THAT WOULD IMPEDE SAFE DRIVING. CONDITIONS
WILL IMPROVE BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE
FREEZING.

Power outages:

Nothing to report at 2 p.m. via Georgia Power outage map or North Georgia EMC.

The forecast:

Today: A chance of snow showers before 1pm, then a chance of flurries after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Windy, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. North wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 48. North wind around 5 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Calm wind.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the morning.

Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Tuesday: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 52. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.

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