Winter Weather: Paulding County Schools To Close Early Friday

DALLAS, GA — Paulding County schools will dismiss early on Friday due to forecasts calling for a winter storm.

Elementary schools will dismiss at 12:30 p.m. and middle and high schools will be dismissed at 1:30 p.m.

Paulding schools also have canceled after-school activities and athletics scheduled Friday through Sunday due to forecasts calling for a winter storm.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for north and central Georgia, including Paulding County, as the likelihood of snow and freezing rain continues to increase for Friday evening and Saturday.

Snow accumulations of 1-3 inches are forecast for a region covering mostly everywhere in north Georgia.

On Thursday morning, the NWS forecast for Atlanta called for a 30 percent chance of rain and snow early Friday, morphing into a 60 percent chance of snow by Friday night. That chance increases to 70 percent by early Saturday morning.

Meanwhile, the low temperature Friday night is expected to drop to 28 degrees. The high Saturday should only get up to about 35 degrees, dipping back down to 21 on Saturday night.

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