Jan 17-18 Sunday Funday Storm

[Shack]

.....but our "Warning" criteria is 1-3" 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
123 PM EST Sat Jan 17 2026

GAZ082>084-093>097-104>109-180800-
/O.UPG.KFFC.WW.Y.0001.260118T0800Z-260118T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.WS.W.0001.260118T0800Z-260118T1800Z/
Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Sumter-
Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-
Including the cities of Toomsboro, Abbeville, Warner Robins, Macon,
Vienna, Fort Valley, Cochran, Hawkinsville, Montezuma, Dublin,
Eastman, Cordele, Jeffersonville, and Americus
123 PM EST Sat Jan 17 2026

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 1 and
  3 inches.

* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Georgia.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 1 PM EST Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.

[yoda]

Good luck all... hope you get smoked

[Louise]

2 hours ago, WinstonSalemArlington said:

Bullish GFS

We can wish

[suzook]

1 hour ago, olafminesaw said:

Temps running about 3 degrees below forecast so far today. May help Tommorow if that trend can hold

Unfortunately I am 5 ABOVE forecast. We hit 57.

[buckeyefan1]

37 minutes ago, Shack said:

.....but our "Warning" criteria is 1-3" 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
123 PM EST Sat Jan 17 2026

GAZ082>084-093>097-104>109-180800-
/O.UPG.KFFC.WW.Y.0001.260118T0800Z-260118T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.WS.W.0001.260118T0800Z-260118T1800Z/
Bibb-Twiggs-Wilkinson-Macon-Peach-Houston-Bleckley-Laurens-Sumter-
Dooly-Crisp-Pulaski-Wilcox-Dodge-
Including the cities of Toomsboro, Abbeville, Warner Robins, Macon,
Vienna, Fort Valley, Cochran, Hawkinsville, Montezuma, Dublin,
Eastman, Cordele, Jeffersonville, and Americus
123 PM EST Sat Jan 17 2026

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 1 and
  3 inches.

* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Georgia.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 1 PM EST Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.

Ya'll, Larry, Metal and the friends I have in the area are the exact reasons this is pinned, and I am hoping for the absolute best outcome for everyone down there

[EarlGrey]

I’m quietly hoping for a nice snowfall. Don’t really care about accumulations but something to look at out the window is nice. I keep seeing increasing amounts so while I won’t get my hopes up too much because I know how these things can go, I’m all in on something happening.  
 

It’s been cloudy here all day so while the temps are higher than what’s optimal, the ground shouldn’t be too warm so if a band sets up for an hour it’ll cool off fast. 

[kvegas-wx]

Sure does seem like the cold is bottled up in the ohio valley and is going to arrive late.  Temps above forecast in NC today.  We're going to lose almost all of the available QPF to rain at this point.  Cold chasing moisture almost never works out here in central NC.  So I'm struggling to see how it works out for our GA peeps.  What is going to trigger the front to hightail it SE?  We're only talking 6-8 hours of moisture here.

[Upstate Tiger]

Early NAM run pops the low further west than the 12z.  
 

Edit:

Not really different. I must be drunk. 

[phishbfm]

[WinstonSalemArlington]

12Z EURO AI ensembles for tomorrow 

[WinstonSalemArlington]

19 minutes ago, phishbfm said:

Lawd 

[olafminesaw]

GFS at 18z (6z run) vs actual. Handling temps well so far, just a little too aggressive with the cold front

[Deep Creek]

27 minutes ago, WinstonSalemArlington said:

Lawd 

Right?! Yeesh

[cbmclean]

55 minutes ago, olafminesaw said:

GFS at 18z (6z run) vs actual. Handling temps well so far, just a little too aggressive with the cold front

That "little too aggressive with the cold front" is what is likely to ruin it though, at least for the Triangle East.  You have a bit more buffer.

[NGTim]

2 hours ago, buckeyefan1 said:

Ya'll, Larry, Metal and the friends I have in the area are the exact reasons this is pinned, and I am hoping for the absolute best outcome for everyone down there

No doubt.  If anyone deserves a storm or at least some flakes to get out and walk in, its Larry with all the work he puts into other people's storms.  Also sending hope to everyone else down there.  Growing up in Middle GA was brutal when it seemed like every snow map on WMAZ showed snow ATL and above.   (except for '73 of course ahem)

[Clemsonlady]

I know none of you personally but love all of you virtually. This thread has been nothing but a basket case and it wouldn’t be fun any other way. Biggest improvement with SouthernWX s creation is moving the egos and the “stay on topic” boys that used to be on this board there and making this a truly unhinged, unmitigated, anarchist discussion.  

I hope you all know… I do not comment often… I truly trust all of you with all of my weather!


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[BooneWX]

Wild ride of a week. It’s crazy how moisture was the biggest question all week and we thought the cold would be in place but man that front is dragging a**. 

[eyewall]

If the front is late I think we are cooked for sure 

[NGTim]

10 minutes ago, Clemsonlady said:

I hope you all know… I do not comment often… I truly trust all of you with all of my weather!


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LOL i agree, but, it seems like, in addition to the exact right combination of moisture and cold, one pre-requisite of a good storm is there has to be one big dust-up in the forum, and someone get kicked off, or almost kicked off the board.   I thought 316 and somebody else were going to do that a few days ago, but they were mature and wound up with a civil discussion.  I don't want to get kicked off, but I think if that discourse had gone off the rails, maybe the storm would have overperformed for everyone ;-)

[BooneWX]

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[phishbfm]

[lilj4425]

13 minutes ago, eyewall said:

If the front is late I think we are cooked for sure 

Cold chasing moisture never works. It’s gonna be 38 and rain.

[Brick Tamland]

Last NAM run

 

[Brick Tamland]

Last 3k NAM.

 

[Brick Tamland]

Last GFS run.

 

[mryanwilkes]

Winter weather hates the midlands of SC with a passion known only by wives of drunken men.

[kvegas-wx]

Last one out turn off the lights.  This party is over.  Our front dropped an anchor in the Ohio River.

[NGTim]

6 minutes ago, kvegas-wx said:

Last one out turn off the lights.  This party is over.  Our front dropped an anchor in the Ohio River.

what are you saying, nothing for Middle Ga?

[olafminesaw]

Something to keep in mind Tommorow, there will likely be two pushes of moisture, one in the early morning and one early after noon with a dry slot in between. The early afternoon is the more likely period to see snowfall/accumulation so patience will be key.