Atlanta faces season first arctic freeze

We're now less than 72 hours away from the frigid fall that will take over dominating the weekend, but you'll likely get a preview of those chilly temperatures as winds drive in out of the north and the west as early as Thursday and certainly by Friday morning. High pressure has blockade on the east coast right now. High pressure up across the Great Lakes to the deep south and out along the Atlantic. But once again, this cold front is going to make inroads moving farther to the south And as it slips through, watch it here. It doesn't come tomorrow. But it does move in as we go throughout your Thursday morning and then the door is wide open for that cold air to come nose diving into the area and it is now six o'clock on Friday morning feeling like 29 degrees in Dalton, 25 Blairsville, 34 here in Atlanta. So you've been dealing with mild conditions all across the week. Monday, Tuesday, not bad. Tomorrow, not bad. Thursday. Not too shabby, but this is going to be quite the difference for your Friday. Let's take a look outside now and go outside to our meteorologist, Alex Forbes, who is hanging out in Douglas County on this fairly mild afternoon. Good afternoon to you, Alex. Yeah, hey there, Jonathan. I like the not-too-shabby thing for Thursday because by Saturday morning it's going to be pretty shabby outside. We've got a big-time cold front on the way, not in terms of storms or severe weather or anything like that, but just the surge of Arctic air, really our first surge of the season. As we look ahead towards the weekend. So let's check out some numbers. Saturday morning is going to be the first kind of big cold snap. Many spots at or below freezing, particularly on the north side and west side of the city. 32 in Canton, 34 over in Gainesville, 29 in L.A.J., 30 in Rome, 31 in Carrollton, and 30 over in LaGrange. Then we get into Saturday afternoon. When you have that cold of a start, expect a cooler afternoon. Mid-50s in a lot of spots, but even then, up across the mountains, hanging on to the low 50s, maybe even some upper 40s in the highest elevations. Getting down close to... It's 59, 56, 54 down on the south side. All right, into Sunday morning. This is going to be the coldest time period. 35 in Atlanta, 30 in Canton, 31 in Gainesville. But let's take a closer look up and towards northeast Georgia. That's 22 in Blairsville, 25 in Blue Ridge, 23 in Murphy, 26 in Clayton, 22 just across the state line in Cashiers. Tom and Courtney, something else to throw on your radar here. There was just a new ask from the Fannin County Emergency Management Agency See for space heat. Space heaters up in McCaysville, of course, the city that's been dealing with all the flooding, with temperatures like that on the way for the end of the week and the weekend. We've got a new list for you coming your way on Fox5Atlanta.com of some of the needs up there across northern Georgia. Live in Douglasville, Alex Forbes, Fox 5 News. That's good to know because our viewers have been so generous thus far. Space heaters, Alex, what they need in advance of the cold weather rolling in here. All right, Alex Forbes, good information. Alex, thanks.