Cobb County is included in an extreme cold watch issued for Monday morning by the National Weather Service in Atlanta.
The watch is being issued from 1 a.m. Monday to 12 p.m. Monday as subfreezing temperatures and high wind chill factors are converging over much of the Deep South.
The warm weekend we’ve been enjoying will quickly turn much colder on Sunday afternoon, with high temperatures expected only around 40 and wind gusts up to 20 mph in some places.
The NWS said in a Saturday afternoon forecast that temperatures Monday morning will drop into the teens, accompanied by wind chills that could make it feel like near zero.
Some areas could also have a wind chill factor of below zero, according to early forecasts.
The watch area includes most of metro Atlanta and the north Georgia mountains on a line extending east to around Gainesville and south to I-285 south of the city of Atlanta.
There’s also a chance of snow on Tuesday, as the winter storm could bring enough precipitation, combined with the colder temperatures, to make for a bone-chilling week.
On Monday, the wind gusts are forecast to be up to 20 mph in some places, with lows dropping below 20 Monday night.
Low temperatures through Thursday are also expected to get into the teens, with highs barely breaking above freezing if at all.
The chance of snow on Tuesday is 50 percent, mostly after 1 p.m., and continuing through around 1 a.m. Wednesday. according to the NWS forecast.
Wednesday should be sunny, with highs in the mid 30s and lows also in the high teens, and similar weather is in store for Thursday.
By the weekend, high temperatures will return to the 40s, with lows in the 20s.
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