ATLANTA —
Quick Forecast:
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy with a few showers/storms after midnight. Low: 65°
Friday: Early showers/storms, mainly south. Clearing and cooler afternoon. High: 79°.
Saturday: A comfortably cool start. Sunny, breezy and beautiful. High: 77°.
Sunday: Partly cloudy and pleasant. High: 79°.
Discussion:
The rounds of showers and storms from Wednesday night and early Thursday brought damaging winds and heavy rainfall to parts of north Georgia. Some of the peak rain totals were across far north Georgia -- some rain totals were around 6 inches!
Ellijay also picked up significant damage from strong winds and a possible tornado. The National Weather Service from Peachtree City will be out surveying damage the damage on Friday.
We are expecting a break from the rain this evening and for some overnight, but another round of storms will be possible tomorrow morning for Atlanta, south toward the Macon region.
The timing for the storms shows them approaching north Georgia around 6 a.m. from the west and hitting the Atlanta metro around 8:30 p.m., before moving out of the region around 10 a.m.
Drier conditions move in for Friday afternoon with temperatures rising into the upper 70s.
Temperatures fall to the 50s for lows and 70s for highs from Saturday through Monday under a mostly sunny to partly cloudy sky each day. This will make for great conditions arriving in time for Mother's Day.
Scattered showers will return back to the forecast on Tuesday and Wednesday with lows in the 60s and highs in the 70s to 80s.
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