The National Weather Service in Atlanta has expanded a winter weather advisory for northwest Georgia that includes all of Cobb County.
The NWS updated the advisory shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday to include Cobb, Douglas and Carroll counties (in purple), and it’s to continue until 9 a.m. Monday.
The forecast includes wet snow with light snow accumulations and a dusting up to an inch. Winds could gust as much as 35 mph, and Cobb also is included in a wind advisory from midnight Monday to noon Monday.
The forecast includes the possibility of slippery road conditions that could impact the Monday morning commute.
Cobb County government said Sunday afternoon that Cobb DOT has called in some crews overnight to respond to trouble spots on the roads.
Temperatures will be plummeting Sunday night to 32 degrees with a 90 percent chance of rain.
The chance of rain Monday morning is 10 percent, but the highs are expected to be only in the mid 40s, and the lows Monday night in the high 20s.
Sunny weather is returning on Tuesday with a little warmer highs, in the high 40s, and into the mid-50s by Wednesday.
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