Tonight's Snow a Go, But We Won't See Much

(Updated 5:25 p.m.) The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for north Georgia, which warns of light snow and black ice from Thursday afternoon to Friday morning.

The National Weather Service forecast as of 5:15 p.m. calls for rain and snow before 11 tonight, then a slight chance of snow between 11 and midnight. But little to no accumulation is expected. Those in West Cobb can also expect winds of 10 to 15 mph with gusts as high as 25 mph. Tonight’s low temperature of 29 will warm back up to nearly 50 tomorrow under sunny skies. Snow is expected across north Georgia this afternoon and tonight, according to the National Weather Service's winter weather advisory. A "cold polar air mass" is expected to spread into north Georgia as widespread rain shifts south. The result: Rain will mix with and change over to snow across portions of north Georgia, including Cobb County The heaviest snowfall would be in…

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Winter Storm Watch: Some Snow Possible

A winter storm could switch widespread rain to snowflakes on Thursday, but little to no accumulations are expected in Cobb County, according the National Weather Service.

Winter storms are possible in Cobb County and across north Georgia on Thursday and into Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service, which issued a winter storm watch for the area. Meteorologists say widespread rain should switch over to the white stuff sometime Thursday afternoon or evening, but the heaviest snowfall would be in the north Georgia mountains. The winter storm watch—in effect for Cobb and other counties from Thursday afternoon through Friday morning—means there is a potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Locations north of a line from Carrollton to Atlanta to Jefferson could see an inch or less of snow, while accumulations in the northeast and northwest Georgia …

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Snow, Accumulations Possible Thursday

Cobb could get its first glimpse this winter of the white stuff as rain across north Georgia may turn to snow with the arrival of a deep cold air mass.

Cobb County could get the first snow of the winter and the year on Thursday night, according to the National Weather Service. A strong low pressure system and ample Gulf moisture will meet, resulting in widespread rain and an associated deep cold air mass that will begin to spread across north and central Georgia on Thursday afternoon and evening, meteorologists say in a special weather statement issued today. As a result, rain could change over to snow across parts of north Georgia, including Cobb. Despite recent unseasonably warm temps, residents could see some light accumulations of snow across parts of north Georgia by mid to late Thursday afternoon or evening, mainly on elevated and grassy surfaces. While folks as far south as a …

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Snow Mountain, a Winter Wonderland Close to Home

Visit Stone Mountain and have fun playing in the snow now through mid-February 2013.

After a Hot Summer, Are You Ready for Snowmageddon?

The chances of white stuff are good—at least better than they were last year, according to AccuWeather.com.

With Cobb students back in school today, summer is pretty much over. Before we know it, little ghosts and goblins will invade our neighborhoods, the leftover turkey from Thanksgiving will be thrown out, and we’ll be in full preparation for Christmas. And along with that comes the big question, “Are we going to see any snow this year?” According to Accuweather.com, our chances are good—at least better than they were last year. The weather website reports that last winter, at least nine of the country's snowiest cities had less than 60 percent of their average snowfall. Accuweather.com also reports that is not as likely to be the case this year. The presence and strength of El Niño or La Niña is used as an indicator of how active a winter it…

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West Cobb Goes Viral

Video: Snowstorm Along Dallas Highway

In today's West Cobb Goes Viral, we dream of a winter wonderland amid an impending summer.

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Snow in This Week's Forecast

Keeping reading to see when it's predicted so you'll know when to avoid the grocery stores.

Anyone confused by the recent weather? I know I am. Sunday felt like spring was about to jump from around the corner and encourage all the flowers to send out their petals. But the naked trees and dead leaves on brown grass quickly reminded me that we're still a few cold months away from the first blooms. Further striking down my thoughts on spring was this week's forecast.  There are good chances for showers throughout today, according to the National Weather Service. The high peaks at only 57, with the low at 36. And then on Tuesday, there's a chance the dreaded S word will enter the equation—the same one that joined together with devastating-sounding word fragments like -mageddon and -pocalypse last winter. No, it doesn't look like …

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From the Editor

The Snow Words We're Sick of Hearing

Flurries, road closures, snowpocalypse—you have all overstayed your welcome.

Anyone sick of hearing anything that even remotely correlates to snow, icy roads, school closures and the like? I know I am. Whenever a decent amount of snow descends from the heavens, we begin to run through the motions: watch around-the-clock news programs; instinctively hoard bread, milk and eggs; say phrases like, “Wow, would you look at all that snow?” It’s almost as if we relearn everything that accompanies a snowfall as it’s happening—including the words and phrases that rank in usage right behind the word “snow” itself. Here’s a list of some of those words and phrases, the ones that we’ve heard way too much the past few days and would like to hear no more. Flurries (fluhr-eez) n. — The predecessor or aftermath of annoying blizzard-…

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Michael Stone

12:17 pm on Friday, January 14, 2011

I'm sure students in Cobb and Douglas counties aren't tired of it : )   more ›