Atlanta, GA
Atlanta weather forecast: Freezing cold snap kicks in overnight
Weekend forecast update
As the temperatures continue to fall, frost could form daily. Here’s a look at your FOX 5 Storm Team forecast.
ATLANTA – If you thought Saturday was cold, the FOX 5 Storm Team warns that it was just “the tip of the iceberg.” For the next few days, things will continue to take an arctic plunge across the metro Atlanta area.
Temperatures on the evening of Nov. 30 were already in the 40s, with some areas dipping into the upper 30s. FOX 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Jonathan Stacey predicts that overnight temperatures could drop into the 20s, with locations like Blairsville expecting a low of 21 degrees by Sunday morning.
The cold snap will be a shock for many metro Atlanta residents, so it’s important to take winter weather precautions, such as bringing pets indoors and letting pipes drip to prevent them from freezing. Despite the settling winds, daily frost formation is likely due to the low moisture in the atmosphere.
Georgia temperature drop: How to prevent pipes from bursting
How to prevent pipes from bursting
Here are ways to prepare your home and prevent your pipes from bursting during the oncoming below-freezing conditions.
As the City of Atlanta wakes up to 33 degrees Sunday morning, temperatures will rise to near 50 degrees by noon. High pressure to the south, pulling in northwesterly winds, will usher in cooler air over the next few days following the passage of a weather system across the lower Ohio River Valley.
While the system will bring rain to the Tennessee Valley, Atlanta is expected only to experience cloud cover without precipitation. The high mountains of northeast Georgia may see a flurry or two, but no significant snowfall is anticipated.
Warming centers open across metro Atlanta as shot of arctic air drops temps below freezing
Don’t expect any relief from the chill until about Wednesday when the high climbs back into the mid-50s. Unfortunately, that slightly warmer air comes with increased chances for rain to end the week.
Welcome to December.
Keep up with the latest by downloading the FREE FOX 5 Storm Team app and following @FOX5StormTeam on Twitter
The Source: FOX 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Jonathan Stacey contributed to this weather report.
Access to this page has been denied because we believe you are using automation tools to browse the
website.
This may happen as a result of the following:
- Javascript is disabled or blocked by an extension (ad blockers for example)
- Your browser does not support cookies
Please make sure that Javascript and cookies are enabled on your browser and that you are not blocking
them from loading.
Reference ID: #8bc8d90f-512f-11f1-b425-b440dba457b1
The public is getting its first look at the two pandas that will be heading from China to Zoo Atlanta.
NBC’s Janis Mackey Frayer was able to visit female Fu Shuang and male Ping Ping before they make the nearly 8,000-mile flight. The giant pandas are both 6 years old and are headed to the United States as part of a new decade-long conservation agreement between China and the U.S.
Ping Ping’s keepers say he tends to follow them around, which is atypical behavior for a panda, but may be because of the food they have for him. Fu Shuang — which translates to “double happiness” — is playful, but nervous, and enjoys placing her chin on her paw. She also likes apples and has a penchant for finding them.
“Because we will hide pieces of apples, for example under the tree … she can find them everywhere,” panda keeper Wang Shun told Mackey Frayer, noting her “clever” behavior.
The pandas are part of an international cooperative research agreement on giant panda conservation between Zoo Atlanta and the China Wildlife Conservation Association, a renewal of panda diplomacy between America and China that began in 1972.
“Zoo Atlanta is delighted and honored to yet again be trusted as stewards of this treasured species and to partner with the China Wildlife Conservation Association on the continued conservation and research efforts that are the most important outcomes of this cooperation,” Zoo Atlanta President and CEO Raymond B. King said in a statement in April.
“We can’t wait to meet Ping Ping and Fu Shuang and to welcome our Members, guests, city, and community back to the wonder and joy of giant pandas.”
Pandas are already at zoos in Washington, D.C., and San Diego. Zoo Atlanta maintained a panda agreement with China from 1999 until 2024, when Lun Lun and Yang Yang went back to their home country, along with their two youngest cubs.
Animal behaviorist James Ayala marvels at how pandas mature.
“You see cubs and they seem so cuddly and clumsy and cute. And then they grow up into these big, majestic bears,” he told Mackey Frayer.
Fu Shuang and Ping Ping will be transported further south into a mountainous region where they will be prepped to make the trip to the U.S. It is unknown when they will leave.
-
Wyoming4 minutes ago(LETTERS) Republican values and homeowners associations
-
Crypto10 minutes agoBen McKenzie Rails Against Cryptocurrency and Trump’s Meme Coin: ‘Largest Ponzi Scheme in History’ | Video
-
Finance16 minutes agoFort Worth Housing Finance Corp. looks for new revenue for affordable housing
-
Fitness22 minutes agoBest Peloton Alternatives for 2026
-
Movie Reviews34 minutes agoJordan Firstman’s ‘Club Kid’ Sparks Eight-Figure Offers: Cannes
-
World46 minutes agoColin Jost Says ‘SNL’ Rejected Joke About Pete Hegseth Reading ‘Pulp Fiction’ Bible Verse Two Weeks Before It Happened in Real Life
-
Health1 hour agoShe Lost 94 Pounds After Ditching Sugar—‘The Food Noise Vanished’
-
Lifestyle2 hours ago‘Wait Wait’ for May 16. 2026: With Not My Job guest Ken Jennings