Have to go to Atlanta on Sunday... Snow + summer tires = Bad

[Coolant]

Eh, just throw some sand bags in the back, you'll be fine. Snow and light rear ends don't go well, even if you have all seasons. Im actually heading to atlanta this weekend as well... didn't even know snow was a possibility.

[zps2004]

By the time sunday comes around the snow is going to be coming on Monday. Youll be fine.

[Theodore]

http://www.weather.com/

According to Weather Chan - no snow til monday.

[humjaba]

(01-07-2011 12:06 AM)Theodore Wrote:  http://www.weather.com/

According to Weather Chan - no snow til monday.

I dunno.. I trust the national weather service over the weather channel.

I'm getting chains anyway... Maybe I'll just take my car and throw the chains on at the first sign of snow.
Options right now are:
* my car + put on chains at first sign of snow
* her car + chains if needed
* my car + her tires + chains if needed. [is there anyone in clemson on saturday/sunday that has a floor jack and a torque wrench?]

[93redfox]

If you get on the interstate after people have been driving, there won't be accumulation and chains will just be overkill and extremely annoying. I honestly doubt there will be that much snow accumulation in general, even less on the interstate, and not nearly enough to cause as much of an issue as you seem to think. I'm serious about driving in 3 inches of snow in my car, no one else had been on those roads yet. It was a little slow, but I made it just fine. As soon as I hit 25 leaving Hendersonville, the road had paths from other drivers and big rigs. I was able to drive at normal speed even though it was snowing like crazy.

[JB]

I think you are taking this a little too seriously...interstates are the FIRST thing that are cleared, not to mention the amount of traffic keep ice from forming. Just take it slow and give the car in front of you plenty of room.

I drove back from Charleston during the first snow storm of the season, it was coming down real hard and I never even had a squirrely moment. And that was at 80mph...

[zps2004]

You muse not get much snow where you are from in cali. It really isn't that big of a deal.

[humjaba]

(01-07-2011 05:20 PM)zps2004 Wrote:  You muse not get much snow where you are from in cali. It really isn't that big of a deal.

Actually quite the opposite. We used to visit my grandma in Nevada quite frequently and that involved a trip over the sierras. Can't tell you the number of cars I've seen upside down in a snow bank because their drivers were overconfident.

Her flight doesn't land until 9:45.

Weather Service Wrote:... WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO SUNDAY MORNING AND SHIFT EAST THROUGH LATE SUNDAY. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM... A COLD AND DRY AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE... SETTING THE STAGE FOR A WINTER STORM LOCALLY SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. AT THIS TIME... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS ALL SNOW SUNDAY EVENING AND REMAIN PREDOMINANTLY SNOW THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. INITIALLY... AREAS FORM CARROLLTON TO METRO ATLANTA AND WASHINGTON WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SLEET... LIMITING ACCUMULATIONS TO 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. NORTH OF THIS AREA... ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HIGHER WITH 5 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS REMAINING ALL SNOW... RESULTING IN LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS.

FROM MIDDAY MONDAY THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE SLEET AND SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE... CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR AREA ROADWAYS. THE SYSTEM SHOULD PULL OUT MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY... BUT ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA.

IT SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED THAT THIS EVENT REMAINS 24 TO 36 HOURS OUT AND THAT MINOR DEVIATIONS IN THE STORM TRACK OR TEMPERATURE PROFILES COULD RESULT IN MORE OR LESS WINTER IMPACTS ACROSS THE AREA.

[Theodore]

If you get behind a snow plow, it's really nice and traction is great./. Just be sure it's not in Walmart parking lot...

[101101]

My STi came with ext. perf. summer tires stock. We've had snow up here about 5 or 6 times in the past two months. The first time I nearly wrecked into a car or two in the parking lot in my apartment complex going 3 mph because my car had absolutely no traction on snow. Since then any time there's snow forecast I've driven the suburban. I'm planning to drive it to work Monday. Yeah, the interstates and main roads are clear and fine, it's when you get on those side roads that connect the main roads to where you're trying to go that you run into problems.

If you have another car as an option (sounds like you can use your girlfriend's car) I say use that. Worst case: you make a drive in a car with less power than your car. Best case: you don't end up stuffing your car into a solid object because you had no grip.

I wouldn't risk it.

[humjaba]

All flights were cancelled. I've got a friend with a jeep who is going to make the trek with me tomorrow if she makes it.

[dave99rt]

(01-09-2011 10:43 PM)humjaba Wrote:  All flights were cancelled. I've got a friend with a jeep who is going to make the trek with me tomorrow if she makes it.

what time?
over 3 inches right now and i live 30 miles north of the airport.
there is more snow as you head towards the airport.

they weren't even close on the forecast from earlier in the week.
i'm guessing i'll get 5-6" here in Lawrenceville.

tomorrow is suppose to be nasty also.

[humjaba]

she's on standby for a flight landing at 10am, but i doubt that will happen. she's confirmed for one landing at 4, so hopefully she'll get that

hasn't started snowing here... lookin forward to it though.