The Cobb County School District doesn’t have classes this week due to the winter break, but extracurricular activities have been cancelled Friday until noon due to the possibility of icy weather overnight.
CCSD employees who are not on winter break do not have to report to work until noon Friday.
Activities taking place this week involve athletics, winter camps and clubs at some schools. Events scheduled after noon on Friday will be held.
Johnson Ferry Christian Academy announced late Thursday afternoon that all Friday classes and after-school activities are cancelled.
The Thursday night forecast called for continuing rain and low temperatures around or below freezing.
Cobb is included in a special advisory issued by the National Weather Service in Atlanta that warns about the possibility of black ice on the roads overnight.
Cobb County government issued the following message about 3:45 p.m. Thursday:
With wet roads, soaked soil, and diving temperatures, the National Weather Service is warning of a “higher than normal” chance of black ice overnight and during the Friday AM rush hour. Cobb DOT has crews on standby and trucks loaded to handle any calls that come in. Report dangerous situations to 911, and use extreme caution especially when driving in the dark.
The county also announced that MUST Ministries in Marietta will open its Loaves & Fishes kitchen (55 Elizabeth Church Road, Marietta) at 8 p.m. Thursday for women and children seeking shelter. Men will be referred to the nearby Extension.
Icy and snowy advisories were issued earlier for the mountains of North Georgia.
Heavy rains have poured all day on Thursday in Cobb and metro Atlanta. By mid-afternoon, the temperature reached 40, and the rain is forecast to end by Thursday night.
But there’s a 50 percent chance of rain by early evening Thursday, and overnight lows Thursday and into Friday could dip down to 30 or lower.
The sun is forecast to arrive by mid-morning Friday, but it will be cold all day, with highs only in the mid-40s.
Friday night lows will be even colder, in the mid-20s, before a sunny Saturday, with highs expected in the mid 50s.
Sunday also will be in the mid-50s and partly cloudy, before the rain returns Monday and Tuesday to greet students and teachers as they return to school.
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