A powerful winter storm is moving into metro Atlanta and North Georgia on Friday, bringing snow, sleet, freezing rain, and hazardous road conditions.

Snow and ice is expected in north Georgia and metro Atlanta by Friday morning with a quick change over to rain and freezing rain for much of the day. Many schools and government offices have already closed ahead of the storm.

The winter storm is producing a mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain over parts of many southern states, as depicted in the radar snapshot below. Up to 12 inches of snow has already fallen in parts of the Texas Panhandle,