UPDATE:
Polk County Emergency Management Agency officials expect that Polk is getting just rain through the rest of the morning, but temperatures dropping might cause other issues later in the day and into tonight.
NWS Peachtree City added other counties this morning to the winter weather advisory as a precaution – including Haralson and Paulding counties – but so far, it has mainly stuck to rainfall over the area, just leaving wet roadways that could cause additional headaches as temperatures drop.
EMA officials believe that roadways will have time to dry out as rain is expected to push out of the area by lunchtime, but some places will likely still have standing water and could freeze.
Be warned now for that commute home: if temps continue to remain around freezing and dip lower as the sun goes down, drivers could face black ice on the roadway.
Check back for further updates as they become available.
PREVIOUSLY POSTED:
A few stray snow flakes fell on Polk County this morning, but so far it has remained warm enough to not have any accumulation as the National Weather Service placed the local area under a winter weather advisory through 1 a.m. on Tuesday.
Accumulation of a half of an inch in elevated spaces is predicted.
NWS Peachtree City is expected Polk County to get rain showers before 1 p.m., with a drizzle to follow until 4 p.m. Look for a high of 48, and a calm wind.
The real chill is coming tonight, with mostly cloudy skies overnight and a low around 20. Look for winds to gust up to 20 mph.
Temps will get up to the mid 30s on Thursday, with mostly sunny skies and wind gusts up to 25 mph. Look for the thermometer to drop well below freezing down to 15 on Thursday night with mostly clear skies.
Temps will remain cool during the day and below freezing overnight through the end of the week and into the weekend, with sunshine returning and a warmup right around the corner.
By next Tuesday? Predictions have Polk up to 69 for the day.
Other than the closure of Georgia Northwestern’s campus in Rockmart, no other weather-related announcements have been made.
Check back for additional updates as necessary.
