More blustery winds, clouds and nippy weather is in store for metro Atlanta on Monday, including the possibility of snow in the north Georgia mountains as Hurricane Sandy threatens the East Coast.
On Monday and Tuesday, expect strong winds with gusts of 30 to 35 mph that will blow in some really cold air, said Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brad Nitz. Highs will drop into the upper 50s and nighttime lows will be in the mid to upper 30s.
“All this moisture from Hurricane Sandy will start to move ashore and then wrap back into the cold air,” Nitz said. “Some of it will change over to snow and start to get as close, by tomorrow afternoon, as the North Carolina mountains, and then its possible we could see some snow by tomorrow evening, and early Tuesday morning, over the north Georgia mountains.”
Sunday’s chilly, cloudy weather greeted hundreds of participants walking and running to end global poverty in the annual Atlanta Partnership Walk/Run at Centennial Olympic Park. The race kicked off at 7 a.m.
Meanwhile, much of the Eastern seaboard's eyes are on Hurricane Sandy. Forecasters said Sandy could become a "super storm" as it merges with an Arctic jet stream, making it unlike anything seen in the eastern United States in decades.
On Sunday, the East Coast scrambled to prepare for torrential rains, high winds, flooding, power outages and heavy snow. Tens of millions of people in the path of the unprecedented freak storm had hours Sunday to prepare for the first raindrops expected later in the day, to be followed over the next few days by sheets of rain, high winds and even heavy snow, according to the Associated Press. This ajc.com photo gallery shows how the East Coast is bracing for the 'Frankenstorm'.
The storm could affect your travel plans. Delta Air lines alone plans to cancel "hundreds" of flights to 12 Northeastern airports beginning Monday morning, according to Delta spokesman Eric Torbenson.
AmTrak canceled most train travel in the Northeast starting Monday, and everything north of New York starting Sunday night at 7 p.m.
Staff writer Bo Emerson contributed to this article.
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