Augusta, Georgia – Areas along the Georgia–South Carolina border face a 40% chance of winter storm impacts this weekend, with hazardous travel possible between 7 p.m. Friday and 7 p.m. Monday as a developing East Coast storm system strengthens.
According to the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center, a low-pressure system is forecast to organize along the Southeast coast Saturday before moving northward along the Eastern Seaboard Sunday. Cold air filtering southward into the region may support wintry precipitation farther inland, particularly across northern and interior counties near the state line.
Snow probabilities around 40% extend across portions of eastern Georgia and western South Carolina, including areas near Interstate 20, Interstate 95, and U.S. Highway 78. While rain is more likely closer to the coast, locations farther inland — including parts of the Augusta–Aiken region — could see periods of snow or a rain-snow mix if colder air remains in place…