Winter weather is expected to move into Macon-Bibb County over this weekend with temperatures dropping below freezing. The cold front is expected to arrive on Saturday with the possibility of icy conditions Sunday morning.
According to predictions from the National Weather Service, there will be two weather systems heading towards Macon. The first will arrive Friday night with the possibility of light rain. Dylan Lusk, a senior meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Peachtree City said that this will pull in colder air moving into Saturday and Sunday.
“That weather system right now looks like it will set up pretty much across central Georgia,” Lusk said, adding that residents from Bibb County to Richmond County could experience snowfall.
However, the exact location of where this snow band will start remains uncertain.
“There is still the possibility that folks could quite frankly get absolutely nothing,” said Lusk.
If snow occurs Sunday morning, forecasters predict anywhere from half an inch to two and a half inches – far less than the 6-7 inches of snow parts of Georgia saw last January.
While many businesses and schools will already be closed over the weekend and on Monday to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Lusk advised that residents be cautious of ice before heading out on the road. Temperatures are expected to fall as low as 25 degrees on Sunday night, though the cold front is expected to move on quickly with any remaining icy weather likely to melt away on Monday.
Residents can stay up to date with the National Weather Service or local weather outlets as the forecast develops.
Precious Clark '26 is a Law & Public Policy major with a minor in Political Science. She works at the circulation desk in Tarver Library and Auxiliary Services. When she is not writing for The Mercer Cluster, she enjoys reading, drawing and listening to Tame Impala.
