Douglas County Schools Change After-School Activities Tuesday

DOUGLASVILLE, GA – Due to tonight’s Winter Weather and Wind Chill Advisory, all after-school activities and programs involving Douglas County Students Tuesday have been cancelled. All parents are encouraged to pick up their students by 4 p.m. Students who usually stay for ASP should be picked up no later than 4 p.m. All buses will run their regular schedule.

Any decision to close school or alter the school schedule because of severe weather involves carefully analyzing local conditions, and assessing the risks with direct guidance from our local authorities. We will continue assessing and monitoring the weather throughout the day and evening. Any potential changes to the school schedule will be shared through social media, local media, NotifyMe and phone calls through ParentLink.

Metro Atlanta was in for a crazy day of weather on Tuesday, with high temperatures expected to hit nearly 50 before the bottom drops out, bringing snow and dangerous wind chills to the area.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisorystarting at 5 p.m. in most of metro Atlanta and earlier in some areas further north. And, at 9 p.m., a wind chill advisory goes into effect, when the temperature could drop to 15 degrees and gusty wind could make it feel like zero.

"Light snow and very cold wind chills" are expected in much of north and central Georgia, according to the advisory. The winter weather advisory lasts until 7 a.m. Wednesday and the wind-chill advisory is in effect until 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Less than an inch of snow is expected. But the weather service warns that will be enough to limit visibility for drivers and that freezing temperatures will mean that any precipitation that ends up on roadways is likely to freeze and stick there.

Wind chills will range from 20 to zero degrees — and could get all the way down to -10 in the north Georgia mountains. Those chills could cause frostbite and hypothermia with as little as 30 minutes of exposure to skin, the weather service warned. They urged anyone going outside in the weather to wear hats and gloves.

Tuesday's forecast calls for a high of 47 degrees, with a 30 percent chance of light rain starting around 4 p.m. A chance of rain and snow is forecast before 7 p.m., with a chance of snow after that. The overall chance of precipitation in metro Atlanta is 50 percent.

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