By mid-morning Saturday, snow was falling around East Cobb and a winter weather advisory issued for most of North Georgia was extended to later this afternoon.
A couple of inches have fallen in the mountains, with some early reports of snow in metro Atlanta indicate around an inch or less. In some areas the snow is between an inch or two.
Some of it is sticking, as temperatures hover around freezing, but highs are expected to reach into the high 40s later today.
The National Weather Service has extended a winter weather advisory from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Cobb County government reported around 10 a.m. that some crews are treating major roads and that they are passable, but some residential streets may not be.
Drivers are urged to exercise caution when traveling and have been encouraged to avoid getting out on the roads if possible.
Although the rain may melt some of the snow, sub-freezing temperatures are expected tonight.
Cobb libraries that were scheduled to open at 10 a.m. Saturday will have a delayed opening, until noon.
Cobb Schools said earlier this morning that all scheduled Saturday extracurricular activities are still slated to go on, but shortly after noon some cancellations were reported.
That includes the Region 6-6A girls and boys basketball tournament at Sprayberry High School.
The Sweetheart Dance scheduled for Saturday night at Sope Creek Elementary School also has been called off.
St. Andrew UMC will have its Valentine’s Dinner Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
The Walker School has cancelled all Saturday activities.
Some businesses around East Cobb posting on social media said they are open, at least for now, but others are closed or will be closing.
Kids Kuts Salon closed around noon for the rest of Saturday, as did Code Ninjas East Cobb.
Peace Love and Pizza in East Cobb also is closed, and will reopen at noon Sunday.
GTC Merchants Walk Cinema was closed Saturday morning and is posting updates on its Facebook page.
East Cobb Ace Hardware is closing at 4 p.m. Saturday.
The Peachtree Curling Club is closed Saturday.
The McCleskey-East Cobb Family YMCA and Northeast Cobb YMCA closed at 10:30 Saturday morning and cancelled all activities for the rest of Saturday.
Eastside Baptist Church will have one joint worship service Sunday, at 11 a.m., due to the weather, and will have no LifeGroups meeting.
Transfiguration Catholic Church announced that Perpetual Adoration will be closed for the rest of Saturday, and could reopen after the 5 p.m. Mass depending on road conditions.
We will be updating this post during the day.
If you have news to report of openings/closings, roads affected by the weather or photos to share, please e-mail: editor@eastcobbnews.com.
Photos from Sarah Wyeth in the Lake Fjord neighborhood:
And these are from reader Geoffrey Herrera in the Rivermill neighborhood:
The snow comes after warmer weather brought heavy rains and flooding and a tornado watch to metro Atlanta earlier this week.
Sunday is expected to be sunny with highs in the low 50s, but rain is forecast to move in at the start of next week.
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