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Weather brief: Augusta area receives dusting of snow

About a half inch of snow accumulated in the Augusta area Friday. Photo by Mike Adams

Date: January 22, 2022
By Charmain Brackett

Parts of the Augusta area reported about a half inch of snow accumulation Jan. 21 according to data from the National Weather Service’s website.

A wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain affected the parts of the area overnight Friday.

Snow falls in downtown Augusta. Photo by Mike Adams

A hazardous weather outlook remains on the National Weather Service website through Saturday night with lows expected to drop to 24.

The forecast for Sunday is sunny with a high of about 53 and temperatures falling into the 20s at night.

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The Author

Charmain Zimmerman Brackett is a lifelong resident of Augusta. A graduate of Augusta University with a Bachelor of Arts in English, she has been a journalist for more than 30 years, writing for publications including The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta Magazine, Fort Gordon's Signal newspaper and Columbia County Magazine. She won the placed second in the Keith L. Ware Journalism competition at the Department of the Army level for an article about wounded warriors she wrote for the Fort Gordon Signal newspaper in 2008. She was the Greater Augusta Arts Council's Media Winner in 2018.

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