ATLANTA — While the snow may have stopped, the impacts of the winter storm are not over.

Temperatures will continue to drop throughout the night, making parts of North Georgia very icy.

“We will all prepare for temperatures below freezing and stay there for hours overnight.” Brad Nitz, chief meteorologist for Severe Weather Team 2 said.

The Winter Storm Warning for all of North Georgia remains in effect until 7 a.m. due to the icy conditions.

Nitz said the biggest impacts from the ice are dangerous travel and power outages.

As of midnight, there were 103,000 power outages across North Georgia.

“We have already had tens of thousands of power outages. And I expect this value to increase overnight and into the morning hours,” said Nitz.

Amounts of ice:

Most of the southwest metropolitan area will have about 1/10 of an inch of ice covered.

In the northeastern part of the metro, ice up to 1/4 inch thick could be seen in places. Between Lawrenceville, Gainesville and Athens, people could see ice up to 1/2 inch thick.

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“The places where up to 1/2 inch of ice forms are not passable. It’s that simple,” said Nitz.

Nitz said there will likely be downed trees and branches, widespread power outages and dangerous driving conditions in the area.

What to expect on Saturday:

The day will start cloudy with very little precipitation across North Georgia, some areas may experience heavy showers.

Nevertheless, temperatures remain just below freezing for hours.

“It won’t be particularly cold, but we will have many hours, a good 6-8 hours continuously below freezing.

After about 8 a.m. it gets a little warmer as the afternoon progresses. We’ll get above freezing and will see some downpours.

Another thing contributing to the drying out is that we will have gusty winds starting tomorrow.

Although it will make it colder, we will see gusts of 25 to 30 mph, drying out some of the slushiness and wetness left over from Friday’s storm.

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