Snow for Groundhog Day? Maybe

Snow for Groundhog Day? Maybe

By MARCUS K. GARNER

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution



Planning to mob a nearby grocery store for bread and toilet paper because you heard there might be snow next week?

The National Weather Service suggests you hold off for now.

It’s way too early to know if it’s going to be a problem in the Atlanta area,” forecaster Terry Murphy said Thursday evening.

In the wake of nasty East Coast and Midwest winter storms, weather officials said a storm system with the potential for dropping a wintry mix in Metro Atlanta is just that — potential.

“We might have a chance of seeing some winter precipitation Monday night or Tuesday,” Murphy said. “But the ground’s going to be warm, so it will take a lot.”

Forecasts call for relatively warm weather through the weekend, with high temperatures in the 50s, the weather service said.

Friday will be sunny and windy, with a wind advisory predicting gusts of up to 35 mph.

Saturday should be less windy with plenty of sun and a high of 54, while the mercury on Sunday will climb to 56 degrees with partly sunny skies.

“It’s probably going to start as rain,” Murphy said of Monday’s possible winter weather. “If it gets cold enough, [snow] will be on Tuesday.”