The first weekend of spring promises to be a wet one, but before then, some areas of the state could see a wintry mix of precipitation early Friday.
The National Weather Service said a quick-moving storm system would cross the Tennessee Valley region Thursday night and Friday morning, “bringing a chance of snow, sleet and rain to north and parts of west-central Georgia.”
“No accumulations are expected except possibly in the higher elevations and over extreme western and northern sections, where a dusting could occur,” the Weather Service said Thursday.
The precipitation should change to all rain during the day Friday, as temperatures climb toward an afternoon high in the low 50s.
Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Karen Minton put the chance of rain at 90 percent Friday, 60 percent Saturday and 30 percent Sunday.
The weekend is also expected to be unseasonably cool, Minton said, with highs in the mid-50s Saturday and upper 50s Sunday. The normal high this time in March is 66 degrees, and the normal low is 45.
In addition, recent pollen counts have been running well below last March’s record-setting levels.
Atlanta’s pollen count on Wednesday, as measured by the Atlanta Allergy and Asthma Clinic, was just 79 particles per cubic meter of air, following Tuesday’s count of 25.
By comparison, the count on March 20 of last year was a 9,367 — the highest ever recorded in Atlanta.
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