FIRST ALERT | From First Alert Chief Meteorologist Riley Hale
FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. FIRST ALERT FOR DANGEROUS COLD AND ICY ROADS WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY MORNING.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - WINTER STORM WARNING is in effect for the central & southern CSRA - WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY is in effect for portions of the northern CSRA. Snow is expected this afternoon through tonight. Snow totals will be a 1-3″ for most of the central and northern CSRA, southern CSRA counties are expecting 3-5″. This will create hazardous road conditions through Thursday morning. The bitter cold arctic air is expected to last through the workweek. Dangerous wind chills below 15° are expected again Wednesday morning. COLD WEATHER ADVISORY is in effect tonight through early Wednesday.
A Cold Weather Advisory is in effect for our area for wind chills below 10 -15° tonight through early Wednesday morning. Actual lows will reach the low 20s.
Today we saw an area of low pressure form in the western Gulf and it is now ing to our south through tonight. Temperatures will be cold enough through our atmosphere to mainly snow. WINTER STORM WARNING is in effect for the central and southern CSRA for snow totals between 2-5″. Other counties in the CSRA are expecting snow, but totals should be less than 2″, those counties are under a Winter Weather Advisory for minor winter impacts.
We have issued a First Alert Weather Day through Wednesday due to this snow potential and also for the dangerously cold temperatures headed our way. Even though snow totals will not set records, it will create very dangerous travel across the CSRA once the snow starts through as long as Thursday morning. Temperatures will be well below freezing during this snow event, so flakes will stick and accumulate easily, including roads, bridges, and overes.
Travel can become hazardous very quickly as temperatures drop well below freezing tonight and Wednesday night. Snow will come to end after midnight Wednesday.
Wednesday morning lows will be near 20° and wind chills will be between 10-15°. Roads will stay dangerous most of Wednesday - we will likely only see a few hours just above the freezing mark in the afternoon with highs in the mid-30s. This will not be enough time for the roadways to thaw out. Any snow/ice that does melt will refreeze overnight Wednesday making Thursday morning travel potentially dangerous as well. A FIRST ALERT has been issued for dangerously cold temperatures Thursday morning with the chance of refreezing/black ice on roadways.
Let your faucets drip to avoid plumbing malfunctions and prepare for disruptions to travel the next 48 hours.
Mostly sunny Friday with morning lows bitterly cold in the low 20s and afternoon highs in the upper 40s.
The weekend stays cold in the morning with lows in the low to mid-20s, but highs will get warmer - upper 40s Saturday, mid-50s Sunday. Keep it here for the latest updates!
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