Cobb winter weather advisory

Cobb included in winter weather advisory for Storm Izzy

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Cobb winter weather advisory
For more details about Storm Izzy, click here. Source: National Weather Service Atlanta

What’s being called Winter Storm Izzy was approaching Georgia Saturday morning, and the National Weather Service expanded its winter weather advisory to include most of Cobb County and metro Atlanta.

The advisory begins at 10 p.m. Sunday and continues until midnight Monday as North Georgia braces for snow, sleet, ice and other winter weather.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has declared a state of emergency for most of North Georgia.

The advisory, which was issued at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, says there’s an expectation of up to 2 inches of accumulated snow and up to two-tenths of an inch of ice accumulation during that time.

High winds also will be a factor, with gusts predicted of up to 40 mph in some areas.

The Cobb area is likely to get precipitation on Sunday morning. As a result, many churches have cancelled in-person services and will be worshipping online.

As noted previously, Cobb DOT will begin pre-treating selected roads, bridges and overpasses in the county starting at 6 p.m. Saturday, and will have around-the-clock shifts through Monday to respond to any serious road issues.

Citizens are advised to be off the roads before 6 p.m. Saturday and to avoid unnecessary travel after that.

The high Saturday is expected to reach into the high 40s, but temperatures will drop near freezing Saturday night.

Sunday’s high is expected to be in the mid 30s, with a 90 percent chance of a wintry mix.

Sunday’s low will dip into the high 20s.

Monday will be clear and sunny, but with highs also in the low 40s and lows in the mid 20s.

 

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Cobb included in winter weather advisory through Monday morning

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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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Cobb included in winter weather advisory until Saturday afternoon

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Cobb County is included in a winter weather advisory until early Saturday afternoon.

The National Weather Service has issued the advisory for most of North Georgia, including metro Atlanta, from 4 a.m. Saturday to 1 p.m. Saturday.

The forecast calls for rain and possibly snow, as much as an inch in some places, during that time. Metro Atlanta is expected to get less than an inch of accumulation.

Temperatures didn’t get out of the 30s on Friday, and the high on Saturday is expected to be in the low 40s.

The chance of rain overnight Friday into Saturday is 70 percent, with lows dropping to around freezing.

Partly cloudy weather returns Saturday night, with lows also expected around freezing.

For Sunday, sunny skies are in the forecast, with highs in the mid 50s.

Warmer weather and more rain will greet the start of next week.

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Winter weather advisory cancelled in Cobb; schools resume classes Wedneasday

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The National Weather Service is continuing a hazardous weather outlook until 7 p.m. tonight but has cancelled a winter weather advisory for Cobb and metro Atlanta after this morning’s rain.

At 11:40 a.m. the NWS in Atlanta revised its weather outlook to include Cobb and much of North Georgia. Patchy black ice could accumulate in extreme North Georgia this afternoon and could be possible across most of the state tonight as temperatures plunge below freezing.

Cobb schools and government were closed today, as well as many businesses, churches and other organizations.

UPDATE, 3:15 p.m. Tuesday: Cobb schools said all classes and activities will resume as scheduled on Wednesday.

Cobb County government will open at 8 a.m. Wednesday.

There are some reports of minor flurries in areas of East Cobb, but nothing is expected to stick. Temperatures were in the mid-to-high 30s around noon.

By the time the sun goes down, the forecast is for temperatures to drop below freezing, all the way into the low 20s overnight.

Georgia DOT closed the Northwest Corridor Lanes at 11:30 a.m. today, and they will stay closed until the weather event is over.

Wednesday is expected to be sunny, but cold, with highs in the high 30s, and lows in the low 20s. Thursday and Friday will be a bit warmer, into the mid 40s and low 50s, but with below-freezing overnight lows.

 

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East Cobb weather update: Delayed openings, closings, postponements

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NWS Advisory, East Cobb weather update

As Cobb schools and many private schools are closed today, some businesses and local government are opening on a delayed basis.

Cobb government, including libraries, opened at 11 a.m. and will stay open through their normal opening hours. Here’s the latest on what we know about East Cobb businesses opening later than usual:

  • Johnson Ferry Baptist Church will “adhere to our regular schedule” on Monday;
  • Peace, Love and Pizza: Opening at 12;
  • Johnny’s Style New York Pizza: Tentatively opening at 1 p.m.;
  • LGE Community Credit Union is opening all branches at noon;
  • All paid YMCA programs at both the East Cobb and Northeast Cobb facilities today are cancelled;
  • Chicago’s Steak & Seafood: Facebook message says it’s closed all day, not for the weather but rather “in observance of” the Georgia-Alabama college football national championship game.

Light rain was still falling in the late morning in East Cobb, with temperatures in the mid 30s.

Shortly after 11 a.m. today, the National Weather Service in Atlanta extended the winter weather advisory issued for overnight and through this morning from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

According to the NWS, there is still “patchy light freezing rain” causing treacherous road conditions as temperatures push above freezing and into the low 40s in Cobb and metro Atlanta early this afternoon. Scattered showers are expected around the Atlanta area for the rest of the day and into the evening, when downtown will be taken over by those attending the Alabama-Georgia game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Atlanta and Fulton County governments were closing early for that reason as well, and the first day of the Georgia General Assembly adjourned late this morning in anticipation of weather and football-related traffic.

The NWS said freezing rain issues have been more serious in northwest Georgia. One media report indicated a 35-car pile-up in Catoosa County shut down Interstate 75 earlier this morning near Ringgold due to icy roads.

 

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Cobb schools closed Monday due to freezing rain forecast; more closures and delayed openings announced

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Cobb schools closed, NWS Atlanta Winter Weather Advisory 1.7.18

Around 7:20 p.m. Sunday, the Cobb County School District announced that the system will be completely closed on Monday, for students and staff, due to a forecast of freezing rain overnight and into the morning.

That follows a winter weather advisory from the Atlanta office of the National Weather Service issued earlier Sunday afternoon. It’s a tiered advisory, going into effect for Cobb and metro Atlanta and north central Georgia from 5 a.m. to 12 p.m. Monday.

The forecast calls for light freezing rain, with an accumulation of up to 1/10th of an inch possible. In its announcement, Cobb schools said the potential impact on roads and travel was enough to prompt a full closure.

UPDATED, 8:50 P.M.:

Here are the latest closings/delays we have for the East Cobb area. If you have closures to report, please e-mail us at editor@eastcobbnews.com and we’ll include it in future updates.

The Walker School will be closed on Monday, as will High Meadows School; Eastside Christian School; Eastminster Christian Preschool; St. Catherine’s Episcopal Preschool; St. Ann’s Catholic Preschool and Monday Masses; and Transfiguration Catholic Preschool, PREP classes and adult ed classes.

All campuses of Kennesaw State University and Chattahoochee Technical College also will be closed Monday.

Paid programming events (swimming lessons, etc.) at the McCleskey-East Cobb Family YMCA and the Northeast Cobb Family YMCA are being cancelled on Monday.

The Cobb Chamber of Commerce breakfast scheduled for Monday morning also has been postponed.

Cobb County government announced that its offices would be open on a delayed basis, at 11 a.m. Monday. That includes all public library branches.

The LGE Community Credit Union is delaying opening all branches until noon Monday.

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The NWS forecast indicated that the possible icy conditions were likely to be enough to affect the Monday morning commute.

Over the weekend, City of Atlanta and Fulton County government announced they would be closing early Monday, in part because of the weather but also due to the national college football championship game tomorrow night between Georgia and Alabama at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Georgia and Cobb DOT trucks also were going out overnight to treat roads ahead of the freezing rain. Cobb trucks were slated to begin salt treatment of bridges and overpasses around 2 a.m. Monday.

Shortly after Cobb schools announced they would be closed the Marietta, Atlanta and Fulton school systems, and others around metro Atlanta, also said they would be closed Monday.

After a very cold first week of 2018, temperatures in Cobb and metro Atlanta are expected to climb into the low 40s by Monday afternoon. Highs are forecast to be in the 50s during the week and even into the 60s by the weekend.

 

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Cobb winter weather advisory includes chance of ‘wintry mix’ for Wednesday morning

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Forecast map issued by the National Weather Service Atlanta around 3 p.m. Tuesday.

The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement for Cobb County and much of central and north Georgia, and includes the possibility of a “wintry mix” of light sleet and rain in the early morning hours of Wednesday.

Shortly after 3 p.m. the NWS office in Atlanta said brief periods of light rain and possibly sleet are most likely along and north of Interstate 20. Accumulations are not expected, according to the NWS forecast, which indicates that the precipitation is most likely to take place between midnight and 6 a.m.

The chance of rain or sleet after daybreak Wednesday is 30 percent, and the highs tomorrow are expected to be in the mid 40s. A slight chance of rain or freezing rain could return on Thursday, when temperatures are expected to reach in the mid 30s and lows could reach into the mid 20s.

Friday and Saturday will be sunny, with highs in the mid 40s and lows in the 20s.

On Sunday, New Year’s Eve, more winter weather is a possibility, with snow and sleet possible before 1 p.m. Lows could dip into the low 20s.

On New Year’s Day, the sun will return but it will still be cold, and may not get above freezing.

 

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