Snow in Midtown Atlanta Thursday?

Atlanta and Midtown could get the first snow of the winter and 2013 on Thursday night, according to the National Weather Service.

A strong low pressure system and ample Gulf moisture will meet, resulting in widespread rain and an associated deep cold air mass that will begin to spread across north and central Georgia on Thursday afternoon and evening, meteorologists say in a special weather statement issued Tuesday.

As a result, rain could change over to snow across parts of north Georgia. Despite recent unseasonably warm temps, residents could see some light accumulations of snow by mid to late Thursday afternoon or evening, mainly on elevated and grassy surfaces.

While folks as far south as a LaGrange-to-Athens line could see light snow, the best chance for accumulations would be generally north of the Interstate 20 corridor west of Atlanta and the Interstate 85 corridor east of Atlanta.

At this time, no travel difficulties are expected, except for in the north Georgia mountains where there's a better chance for higher accumulations. But patches of black ice could affect bridges and overpasses from late Thursday evening through mid Friday morning when temps fall below freezing.

In Midtown, expect areas of fog before 8 a.m. Thursday. The chance of rain is 100 percent, and showers will continue Thursday night when the low is expected to dip to 32.

For Wednesday, rain is likely with a chance of precipitation around 60 percent, and temps reaching the low 60s before dipping into the mid to low 40s tonight.

Friday will be mostly sunny with a high around 51 and sun is in the forecast throughout the weekend.