Snow flurries were spotted across metro Atlanta Sunday, but winter will slowly release its grip in the coming week, forecasters say.
The minuscule amount of white stuff that did fall set a new Atlanta record for snow on March 3, said the National Weather Service.
The “trace” amount was greater than the old record of “no snowfall” reported the NWS office in Peachtree City.
Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brad Nitz said Monday will start cold, just below freezing, and warm up to the mid-50s.
Tuesday will be warmer, about 60 degrees, which is about average for this time of year, but rainy.
Saturday, an inch or more of snow fell in part of north Georgia.
Emergency management officials in Fannin County reported accumulations of at least an inch, said Nitz.
“When I got up this morning and let the dog out two and a half inches [had fallen],” Blue Ridge resident Tina Rice in Fannin said about the weekend snow.
The rain moves out again by Wednesday with a high in the low 50s and nighttime low around 39.
“None of the next five days reaches our average high for the first part of March in the low 60s,” Nitz said.
The recent rains continue to losen soil, presenting the threat of more falling trees. There have been multiple reports of downed trees in recent weeks.
A large tree fell on Erin Avenue in southwest Atlanta early Saturday and knocked down power lines.
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