Frost, Freeze Forecast In GA Due To Cold Front

GEORGIA — After warm and stormy weather, Georgia is now expected to freeze with a 40-degree temperature plunge.

Late Tuesday morning, Atlanta was a cool 53 degrees, but the National Weather Service forecast the metro could chill even further at nighttime. Tuesday's low temperature in metro Atlanta is expected to drop to 40 degrees.

The NWS attributed the colder weather to an airmass that came into Georgia following recent storms.

North Georgia could be frosty and freezing into Wednesday morning, the NWS predicted. A freeze warning will be issued for 2 to 10 a.m. Wednesday in far northwest Georgia, while a frost advisory was put into place for areas north of Columbus into west Atlanta.

Additionally, Columbus is under a flood warning until 2 a.m. Wednesday.

Post-freeze, more storms could be headed Georgia's way. The NWS said isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible on Thursday and Friday throughout north and central Georgia, including metro Atlanta.

This comes merely days after sunny Georgia felt high and low temperatures in the 80s and 60s, respectively, and after rounds of tornadoes a week apart.

In Muscogee County, the NWS confirmed an EF-1 tornado landed Monday in the Beaver Run community near Midland. The 90 mph-twister went 2.5 miles northeast.

A second confirmed EF-1 tornado, nearly 8 miles long, touched ground in Bibb and Twiggs counties, the NWS reported.

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Fox 5 meteorologist Alex Forbes tweeted Spalding County braved an EF-1 tornado, and Henry County experienced an EF-0 twister.

Also, on Sunday in Muscogee, a tree fell on a golf cart and killed a father and son. The Columbus Police Department identified the son as former officer Matthew Collins Jr. His father, Matthew Collins Sr., also died.

Here is the National Weather Service's detailed forecast for metro Atlanta:

Today: Sunny, with a high near 62. Northwest wind 10-15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 40. Northwest wind 5-10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 67. East wind 5-10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 47. Southeast wind around 5 mph.

Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., then a chance of showers after 5 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. South wind 5-10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers before 8 p.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m., then a chance of showers after 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers before 8 a.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 63.

Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 43.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 72.

Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 49.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 83.