The winter storm brought up to about 2 inches of snow over parts of north Georgia and areas south of Interstate 20. “There was a sharp cut off in accumulating snow basically right along and near I-85 with not much, as expected, over areas north and west of Atlanta,” Meteorologist Brian Monahan said.

An unusual winter storm swept through the Deep South on Tuesday, bringing significant and even once-in-a-lifetime snowfall to unexpected areas.

Atlanta weathered its second winter storm of the season on Tuesday, seeing about an inch of snow across the metro.

This broke the previous daily record of a track of snow from 2014. This brings our seasonal snowfall total up to 3.2 inches for the city of Atlanta. This is our snowiest winter in 8 years. In 2017-2018,

Jan. 21, 5 p.m. As snow continues to accumulate across metro Atlanta, MARTA has suspended bus service and the Downtown Atlanta streetcar. Bus service will resume when road conditions allow, according to a statement from the transit agency.

Wednesday is a First Alert Weather Day following the snow that fell across parts of the metro during the afternoon and into the evening hours on Tuesday.