North Georgia braces for freeze watch Saturday

That Arctic air is making an intrusion into the eastern United States as we speak and that it is up across the Great Lakes and we're seeing that the air is already turning its backs on folks from Rapid City and to Kansas City. And you say, well, that's exactly how they should feel for this time of the year. Well, it is, but they've been riding above average, just like we have down south. We're going to keep these above average temperatures with us just for a couple more hours. But by tomorrow morning, many of us are going to be riding above average. We'll wake up with numbers down in the 30s. Right now here in Atlanta, we're at 51 degrees. Winds have softened a bit, but they are not going to completely go away to any point in time, especially over the next 24 hours. From the 50s through the 40s, we'll drop here in the city. Today's high temperature is 67 degrees. We started out at 54 degrees, so not a great fluctuation in the temperatures. We had some cloud cover overnight and even a few passing showers, not much in the way of rainfall, but just a few showers. And with that bit of cloud cover, We were able to keep the temperatures from dropping extremely, but they didn't rise that high today because we were having to defend off a northwest wind and it's that northwest wind that will ultimately deliver these cold and chilly temperatures. This is what you're waking up to tomorrow morning. 39 Dalton 36 Rome 35 Carrollton 39. Athens 40 degrees here in it's 42 here in Atlanta. Average for this time of the year in terms of low temperatures, 44 degrees. Look at this meager climb into the mid-50s tomorrow. By noon, you're at 51 degrees. Keep in mind that you'll have plenty of sunshine out there, but the winds will still be whistling at that. By 6 o'clock, we're at 50 degrees, and we're going back down into the 40s and the 30s. These are your high temperatures for Friday. 44 there in Blairsville, 55 here in Atlanta, 55 for Griffin, 57 out there in Eaton. But as we go into Saturday morning, that's when the real chill. Let's hold. Look at this. This is your freeze watch. This means that your temperatures are going to likely fall to 32 degrees or below in all of the communities that are shaded in teal here. That does not mean that you could not fall into the freezing zone to the east. It just means that the current forecast is suggesting that you may get to 33, 34, 35. But no matter how you shake it, we're going to all be cold. But that freeze will definitely benefit for areas to the west and to the north of the metro area. These are your... Temperatures Friday night going into Saturday morning. I present to you 30s, 30s, and more 30s. 30 degrees there in Blairsville, 36 in Atlanta, 35 Covington, 35 Thomaston, 32 in Carrollton. Here's your weekend forecast. After we shake off the 30s, we'll only make it to a high of 54 degrees. By Sunday, that's our coldest day here in the city, 33 degrees, just a hair above freezing. I think OTP will easily drop down to 32 degrees, and even on the south side, you'll do. By Sunday afternoon, 57 degrees, but it's the winds that will really add insult to injury. It's now 8 o'clock on Saturday morning. It feels like 31 degrees here in Atlanta, feeling like 34 up across northwest Georgia, feeling like a chilly 26 degrees in northeast Georgia. Yes, the numbers climb, but then they fall back down on their knees, and this is what you wake up to on Sunday morning, 36 degrees for a feels-like number here. 31 across northwest Georgia 34 some improvement there in northeast Georgia as the winds will start to weaken for the second half of the weekend. We'll bring in a very small chance for rain Monday and Tuesday, but raising the temperature back above average is going to be difficult to do so. We are locked in the 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s for at least the next five days to come. Peace out. 60 degree temperatures.