Reply #9: Here's the advisory for the Atlanta metro area where I live.

[RebelOne]

And believe me, it isn't going to be pretty because people here do not know how to drive in this kind of weather.

Winter Weather Advisory


/O.NEW.KFFC.WW.Y.0001.080116T2100Z- 080117T1100Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA- WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON- FLOYD- BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL- BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING- COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW- CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON- DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN- GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE- CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER- PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME... CARTERSVILLE... GAINESVILLE... MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE... ATHENS... CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE... EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS... COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN 1117 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY...ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO GRIFFIN TO MONTICELLO TO WARRENTON.

AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE GREATEST CONCERN WILL BE THE THREAT OF SLEET OR SNOW MIXING WITH THE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF FROZEN PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED. DUE TO INCREASING EASTERLY WINDS...TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO WARM MUCH DURING THE AFTERNOON...REMAINING IN THE LOW TO MID 40S.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.