Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan says snow will continue in the mountains and occasionally mix with sleet through late Friday.

The winter storm that knocked out power and brought plunging temperatures to other parts of the country moves into metro Atlanta and north Georgia this weekend, and state officials are urging residents to avoid unnecessary travel.

The storm was sweeping across a wide swath of the South on Friday, dumping a mix of wintry precipitation from Oklahoma to Georgia.