First Alert Forecast+: Drier Thursday; strong storms Friday night & this weekend

Overnight tonight, we are mostly dry ahead of a mostly dry day tomorrow with highs in the low to mid 80s. Thursday will be a transition day as the coastal low that brought us Wednesday’s showers moves up the East Coast, allowing a cold front to slowly move our way from the west.

Friday will begin dry with isolated showers and storms but heading into the overnight hours, the cold front will arrive bringing with it the threat for strong to severe storms. The main threat will be damaging straight-line winds, but an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. Right now, the timing of the system looks to have the line of storms entering northwest Georgia around midnight, pushing through the metro from 1 to 3 a.m., and then exits our southern viewing area by 5 a.m. Saturday.

The cold front will stall out over North Georgia this weekend, and clusters of showers and storms will ride along this front, bringing us an unsettled weather pattern. While it won’t be a washout through both days, showers and storms will be likely as these storm complexes move through. Severe storms will also be possible, particularly Saturday afternoon and evening. As the front continues to remain over Georgia into next week, the unsettled weather pattern will continue as well bringing rain chances to the area as we head into the workweek on Monday.