Well, just as we were promised, the last few days, weatherwise, have been something like a roller coaster ride. Warm, sunny days. Stormy weather. Strong winds. Rain, sleet, snow. Bone-chilling wind chills. But save for few power outages and downed trees, the Gainesville area emerged virtually unscathed.
“Hall County experienced a few trees across the roadway yesterday and overnight with minimal impacts,” Hall County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Director (EMA) Zach Brackett said Tuesday morning.
The top wind gust in Gainesville the past 24 hours at the airport was 40 mph, recorded late Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures fell 28 degrees in the 24 hours ending at midnight last night.
Early risers Tuesday were greeted with decreased winds but enough, combined with the freezing temperatures, to put wind chills in the low-mid 20s.
Spring does arrive this week – Friday morning at 10:46 – with sunshine and highs in the low 70s in the forecast.
The 7-day weather service forecast for the Gainesville area:
Today
Sunny, with a high near 45. West wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 51. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Calm wind.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 63. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 42.
Friday
Sunny, with a high near 72.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 51.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 79.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 56.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.
