Georgia, other Southern states braces for possible snow

A Georgia Department of Transportation brine tank is being filled atop a truck, ahead of a winter storm at the GDOT's Maintenance Activities Unit location on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, in Forest Park, Ga. A winter storm is headed south that could effect much of Georgia through Sunday. (Brynn Anderson/AP Photo)

This Martin Luther King Jr. weekend will bring with it a major winter storm, potentially delivering several inches of snow to southern states that aren’t used to it.

Here in Georgia, the northeast portion of the state is expected to experience the highest amounts of snowfall and ice beginning in the early Sunday morning hours. Heavy amounts of precipitation is in the forecast for metro Atlanta which has the potential bring some snowflakes to the area.

Wind gusts throughout northeast Georgia and metro Atlanta are also expected to be a factor over the weekend.