ATLANTA — Temperatures for parts of the metro could dip into the lowers 20s and upper 30s below freezing temperatures overnight Monday.
A freeze warning has been expanded to include portions of West Metro extending to North Metro.
The metro will be facing some of the coldest temperatures since mid-March.
Severe Weather Team 2 is tracking when metro Atlanta could see the first freeze of the year, on Channel 2 Action News.
VIDEO: Freeze Warning expandedProtect your pets and plants! The freeze warning has been expanded to include portions of the West and North Metro. http://2wsb.tv/2zXyASM
Posted by WSB-TV on Sunday, October 29, 2017
Most of metro Atlanta woke up Sunday to the coldest air of the season.
It was the coldest morning since St. Patrick's Day, Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan said.
COLDEST SINCE MARCH: You're waking up to the coldest morning since mid March -- tomorrow will be colder! @Wsbtv pic.twitter.com/rQOqkaTbVh
— Brian Monahan, WSB (@BMonahanWSB) October 29, 2017
Parts of northern Georgia mountains received snow flurries early Sunday.
Snow flurries in far north Ga. this morning! Would you welcome this winter weather?! @BMonahanWSB is tracking our cold temps, next on Ch. 2. pic.twitter.com/0QYz3jmDBw
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) October 29, 2017
“For today, expect cloud cover to gradually thin a bit, but overall, a partly to mostly cloudy sky,” Monahan said.
A wind advisory remains in effect through early Sunday evening. Monahan said just about everyone will stay in the 40s for highs. '
The record low maximum in Atlanta is 44 set in 1910.
Under a clearing sky Sunday night – and with less wind – temperatures will fall into the 30s, with some upper 20s in the mountains.
“There’s a freeze watch in our northwest metro counties, with a freeze warning in the mountains. In the city, I do expect some patchy frost to start the day tomorrow. Expect lows generally in the mid to low 30s,” Monahan said.
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It will start warming up Monday afternoon as highs climb into the low to mid-60s under a mostly sunny sky.
“Halloween looks great, mostly sunny with morning lows in the 40s and highs in the mid-to upper 60s,” Monahan said.
WHAT CAN YOU GET ONLY ON CHANNEL 2 ACTION NEWS?
1. Updated hour-by-hour cloud and rain forecast showing the clearing trend Sunday afternoon and evening
2. Updated hour-by-hour wind chill forecast
3. Updated hour-by-hour wind forecast showing when the wind settles down Sunday evening
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