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COLD WEATHER: Weekend starts with wind chills in the 20s

Eva Harden braving the cold at the Northside MARTA transit station on Tuesday, Jan. 16 2018. (JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM)

ATLANTA — Chances are you are finally getting to wear your winter sweaters, boots and even scarves today.

Temperatures are in the 40s right now. Yesterday we were in the 70s.

Many people in Georgia woke up to temperatures near freezing Thursday morning.

Severe Weather Team 2 is tracking how cold it will be throughout the rest of the day and into your weekend, on Channel 2 Action News starting at 4 p.m.

Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan said just after noon Friday that temperatures were running more than 25 degrees colder than the same time the day before.

A Freeze Warning was in effect from late last night until 10 a.m. Friday.

The City of Atlanta opened an emergency warming center Thursday night because of the frigid weather.

The Old Adamsville Recreation Center was open until 10 a.m. Friday.