Epworth, GA Hazardous Weather Outlook

Epworth, Georgia

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1030 PM EDT SUN MAR 21 2010
Expiration: 600 AM EDT MON MAR 22 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...SUNDAY NIGHT
DUSTING OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH
GEORGIA MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY.

.SYNOPSIS...
A DEEP CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL TRACK FROM THE MID-SOUTH INTO THE
SOUTHEAST U.S MONDAY...THEN DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHEAST OF THE AREA
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE A VERY LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW AT
ELEVATIONS GENERALLY ABOVE 3000 FEET IN THE NORTH GEORGIA
MOUNTAINS...LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY.

.DISCUSSION...
A DEEP CLOSED UPPER LOW WAS TRACKING ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH INTO THE
SOUTHEAST U.S. THE LEADING COLD FRONT HAS SURGED EAST OF GEORGIA
INTO THE CAROLINAS TAKING THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH IT.
MEANWHILE...A POCKET OF COLD AIR ALOFT WAS WRAPPING AROUND THE BACK
SIDE OF THE DEEP UPPER LOW...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. THIS...COMBINED WITH DEEPER
MOISTURE...WILL ALLOW FOR SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS MIXED WITH SNOW
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY AS THE POCKET OF COLD AIR ALOFT DRIFTS
ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. GROUND AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
TO REMAIN WELL ABOVE FREEZING...FROM THE UPPER 30S TO THE MID 40S.
THUS...THE ONLY PLACE THAT ANY SNOW WOULD ACCUMULATE WOULD BE ON
GRASSY SURFACES AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. ROAD AND TRAVEL PROBLEMS
ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW EARLY MONDAY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. A
LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
ON FRIDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.