Cobb DOT crews are pretreating major roads on Friday as the county was added to a winter storm warning, and with the possibility of two inches of snow or more in the forecast.
Cobb County government said late Friday morning that the brine pretreating of more than 500 miles major roads will continue through early Saturday morning.
Cobb has been included in a winter storm watch area since Thursday. Gov. Brian Kemp has declared a state of emergency in Georgia for the second weekend in a row.
The Cobb County School District also announced Friday afternoon that all extracurricular activities scheduled for Saturday and Sunday have been canceled.
Also canceled was the Braves Fest fan event Saturday at Truist Park.
Cobb DOT director Drew Raessler said Friday that crews will be coming in at 3 a.m. Saturday to monitor the weather and “to respond to the weather as it comes.” The shifts will run 12 hours after that “until the worst of the weather passes,” he said.
For the second weekend in a row, those crews have been working around the clock. Last weekend’s ice storm did not result in any road closures, although there were some downed trees.
The National Weather Service has declared the winter storm warning period from 1 a.m. Saturday through 1 a.m. Sunday.
Cobb DOT is urging motorists to avoid travel during this period, as roads are expected to become hazardous and possibly impassible in areas. The agency also wants the roads to be cleared so crews can work ahead of the storm as much as possible.
There’s a 20 percent chance of precipitation overnight Friday, and a 40 percent chance during the day Saturday,k with highs only in the mid-20s.
The Cobb area is expected to get up to two inches of snow, but more snow could fall in localized areas.
Cobb continues to be under a cold weather warning from 7 p.m. Friday to 10. a.m. Sunday.
With temperatures dropping into the low teens, there’s no ice, sleet or freezing rain in the forecast. But with wind chills the weather could feel like it’s below zero Saturday and into Sunday.
The low Saturday will reach around 12 degrees, but the wind chill could make it feel like it’s below zero in some areas.
Sunday will be sunny with a high of 32 and the low will also be the teens before a warming trend comes through the area early next week. Tuesday’s high is expected to be in the mid-50s.
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