Warm Wednesday afternoon before a weekend cold snap

Getting you guys prepared for what's to come this weekend, and it will be a sharp and swift temperature shift. Take a look at this. If you're in L.A.J. Friday night, you'll be dropping down below the freezing level, but that's just the tip of the iceberg as you'll fall back into the upper 20s by Saturday. Similar conditions, but cooler in Blairsville, dropping down to 21 degree overnight lows Saturday into Sunday morning, so you need to grab the winter attire if you haven't thought about doing so already. Similar conditions in Blue Ridge as well, 31, so below the freezing We'll be right back. Below freezing conditions, so a very strong chance for a hard freeze that starts on Friday and continues all the way through your Tuesday morning. And even here inside of the metro, we could even see a frost advisory. That's typically when temperatures drop anywhere between 33 and 36 degrees. Below freezing is when you have the freeze warning, of course, 29 to 32 degree temperatures. And a hard freeze warning is issued here in northern Georgia when temperatures fall lower than 28 degrees. So you've got to think about protecting plants, pipes. Pipes. People and pets, of course. So make sure you're taking the extra precautions to avoid these freezing conditions that we'll be coming close to here inside the Metro. Sunday is going to be our coolest day as we drop down to 34 degree morning temperatures. So here's what we're tracking today. Your last day of above seasonal average temperatures. We're back in the 70s this afternoon. Small chance for some rain showers tonight and through your Thursday morning. But the bigger headline, of course, is the coolest air of the season arriving just in time for the weekend. We're showing more clouds filter into the picture. Temperature right now, temperature still shows 66 degrees in Atlanta. By 6, we could... Possibly see some showers here in the metro and then we'll see more chances for rain to our north as we move across the rest of your Wednesday night. So running a bit above your seasonal average today, temperatures back in the 70s will fall into the 50s tonight. The cool down, of course, takes place later in the work week. Fifty four will be your afternoon high on Friday. So wrapping up your week with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees below seasonal because we'll have not just one but two fronts back to back swinging across the southeast. Some snow, at least a rain-snow mix across the Appalachian Mountains. Better chance, though, that we'll be coming close to your freezing-level conditions, in which typically we see during the first week of November, we'll drop down to 30s over the course of the weekend. But once you factor in the wind chill, it could feel even cooler, especially as you move further north. We'll see those temperatures in the low 20s, as far as your wind chill is concerned, across our mountainous regions. But here in Atlanta, you drop down into the 30s starting on Saturday, and it looks like we're not changing that trend until Tuesday morning with overnight lows in the upper 30s. Caitlin? Getting us prepared, Marquise. Thank you for that.