BEFORE CHRISTMAS. TRAVEL ISSUES
ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.
ERIC: ALRIGHT
ERIC: BACK NOW, WITH ANOTHER
CHECK OF THE FORECAST BEING A
RELATIVE, JONATHAN STACEY.
ALRIGHT, JONATHAN HAVE TO SAVE
THE TEAM. THERE DID A
ERIC: GREAT
ERIC: JOB PREPARING US, BUT
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS. YOU
YOU SAY IT. YOU GET THE
WARNINGS, BUT WHEN YOU
JONATHAN: HIT THAT BITTER COLD
OUT THERE, IT JUST GOES RIGHT
THROUGH
JONATHAN: YOU JUST THIS
ERIC: STORY.
ERIC: IT
JONATHAN: YOU
JONATHAN: CAN'T GET USED TO
IT. AND IF YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT
ANY TIME TONIGHT, GOING INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY TOMORROW, YOU'RE
SAME. WE'RE GOING TO DROP BACK
DOWN IN SOME CASES INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS. MOST OF US ARE GOING
TO STAKE OUT IN THE TEAMS, BUT
THE WIND CHILL IS GOING TO STILL
BE AN ISSUE NOW THE WINDS IN
COMPARISON TO WHAT THEY WERE 48
HOURS AGO IN THE TWENTIES.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE
TONIGHT. WE'RE LOOKING AT A WIND
THIS TIME, THIS WIND COMING OUT
OF THE WEST NORTHWEST. IT'S A
COLD, CHILLY WIND, ADDING INSULT
TO INJURY TO THAT 22 DEGREE
12 WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE WIND
CHILL. LET'S CHECK OUT THE
ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD TONIGHT. WE HAD A
FEW CLOUDS SLIDE THROUGH, BUT
CLEAR SKIES DO BRAIN WORKS. 16
BRIDGE. 19 THERE IN CANADA.
YOU'VE ALREADY DROPPED DOWN TO
19 IN CARROLLTON. ELSEWHERE
YOU'RE HANGING OUT SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN 20 DEGREES IN
GAINESVILLE AND 28 DOWN THERE IN
TEMPERATURE OFFICIALLY AT
ATLANTA'S HARTSFIELD JACKSON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 27
DEGREES. WE STARTED OUT WITH A
TEMPERATURE OF EIGHT DEGREES. I
KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK
ABOUT THIS, BUT IS THIS A RECORD
BREAKER? NO. THIS IS NOT A
RECORD BREAKER. THE RECORD WAS
SET BACK IN 1983 OF THREE
THAN THIS BEFORE. BUT THIS IS
STILL A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM SOME
OF THE COLDEST AIR THAT WE'VE
SEEN ABOUT AREA IN NEARLY A
DECADE, AND WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR
YOU'RE IN ADAIRSVILLE, YOU'RE 14
DEGREES ON SUNDAY MORNING,
CHRISTMAS MORNING, STARTING AT
16. 17 IN TOCCOA 17. ALSO FOR
OUR FRIENDS OUT THERE, AND
MORNING THERE. MONTICELLO 18
DEGREES WILL STAY IN THE
TWENTIES OVERNIGHT THERE IN
THOMASTON, BUT STILL IN HER
RELIEF AT 23 DEGREES. 15 THERE
IN CARLTON 16 IN DOUGLASVILLE.
SENATOR BRING. BUT THERE IS MORE
COLD AIR WITH THE BREATH OF WIND
TAKING US INTO SUNDAY MORNING
THAT 19 DEGREES THAT YOU SEE IN
YOUR CAR THERMOMETER WILL FEEL
TRY TO SHAKE OFF THE CHILL BUT
WILL BARELY DO IT BY NOON. WE'RE
AT 30 DEGREES WITH PLENTY OF
SUNSHINE. I DO THINK WE WILL
STEP OUT OF THE FREEZING ZONE.
BACK DOWN. SO TOMORROW'S HIGH
HERE IN ATLANTA IS ABOUT
FREEZING. WE'LL GO WITH 37
DEGREES. YOU'LL MAKE IT ABOUT
FREEZING THERE IN CALHOUN AT 35
DEGREES 36 0 MCDONALD'S MILAN,
MAYBE EVEN 43 DEGREES FOR A HIGH
FOR YOU ALL WILL TRY TO TAP 40
OUT THERE IN LAKE COUNTRY AS
WELL. AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF
THE YEAR 55 DEGREES. WE'RE GOING
TO WORK OUR WAY THERE, FOLKS,
BUT WHERE NOT GOING TO GET THERE
ANYTIME SOON, OR WE'RE NOT GOING
TO GET THERE FAST. 33 ON
CHRISTMAS DAY IN CANTON FOR A
HIGH TEMPERATURE. MEANWHILE
WE'LL GO WITH 38 FOR LAGRANGE
TOLD YOU WARM UP IS COMING, BUT
TOMORROW IS THE COLDEST DAY OF
THE WEEK TO COME, WILL BEGIN TO
SHAKE OFF THE TILL BY MONDAY.
WE'VE REACHED 40 DEGREES STILL
COLD STILL BELOW AVERAGE
TUESDAY. ALMOST 50 NOT QUITE. WE
FINALLY HIT 50 AND SURPASSED 50
AND BACKED BY WEDNESDAY AND THEN
IT'S JUST LIKE WE TAKE OFF. LOOK
AT THIS BOUNCE BACK 61 63 64
THAT SHOULD JUST MAKE YOU FEEL
WARMER BY SEEING AND HEARING
THESE WARMER TEMPERATURES.
WINTER CAME IN WITH A STRONG
PLANTS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO
DEFINITELY FIGHT BACK BECAUSE WE
GET INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT
WEEK. BUT FIRST THERE IS ONE
THING I DO NEED TO MENTION YOU
COULD GET A PASSING FLURRY OR
TWO MONDAY IN THE MOUNTAINS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONDAY
AFTERNOON. EVEN MONDAY OVERNIGHT
, WE HAVE A WAY THAT'S GOING TO
ROLL RIGHT ACROSS THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY, AND AS IT MOVES OVER THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS, IT MAY WANT
TO TRY TO CRANK OUT A LITTLE BIT
OF WHITE STUFF. NONETHELESS IT
WILL NOT ACCUMULATE. OTHER THAN
THAT WE HAVE NO WEATHER WOES OR
THE WEEK TO COME, WILL WARM UP
AND THEN WE'LL INTRODUCE SOME
RAIN AS WE GET INTO THE LATTER
PART OF THE WORK WEEK FRIDAY
INTO CHRISTMAS EVE. SO IF YOU DO
HAVE SOME CHRISTMAS EVE
FESTIVITIES, DON'T CANCEL THEM.
DON'T CHANGE THEM JUST YET, BUT
I AM PINPOINTING. SOURS AND
POTENTIALLY THUNDERSTORMS BY
THIS TIME NEXT WEEK,
ERIC: ERIC ROLLERCOASTER OF
TEMPERATURES THE NEXT WEEK,
JONATHAN, THANKS SO MUCH NEW
TONIGHT. A WOMAN IS DEAD A MAN