Special Weather Statementfrom the National Weather Service:

DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-HARALSON-CARROLL- DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATL ANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE ...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS 342 PM EST WED FEB 8 2006

...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT...

A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF SOME LIGHT RAIN MIXING WITH LIGHT SNOW. MOISTURE IS VERY LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM AND ANY PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE SPOTTY AND LIGHT...CONFINED TO THE AREA GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ATLANTA TO ATHENS. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...BUT SOME AREAS IN NORTH GEORGIA MAY SEE A DUSTING OF SNOW ON GRASSY AREAS...CARS AND BRIDGES. THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD END BY SUNRISE THURSDAY.

ALTHOUGH ONLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE AS TEMPERATURES FALL TOWARD FREEZING.