FRIDAY’S WEATHER | Storms arrive this morning, drying out by evening

The ride to work or school will be mostly dry in metro Atlanta on Friday, but a line of storms will start reaching the area by mid-morning.

Those storms are moving in from the west and will start filtering into northwest Georgia at about sunrise, Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brian Monahan predicts. They’ll reach the north side of the metro by about 9 a.m. and will be over the south side by late morning or early afternoon.

There is a chance that some storms could turn severe, but that likelihood remains low. We’re under a Level 1 of 5 risk for severe weather, meaning the main concern will be for damaging wind gusts. There is also a slight chance that a brief tornado could spin up, but the likelihood of seeing one within 25 miles of any given point remains at 2%, according to the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center.

“March and April, those are our active severe weather months in North Georgia — our spring severe weather season,” Monahan said. “Basically, anytime you get one of these cold fronts coming in after warm weather, almost always you have that risk of severe storms.”

Later this afternoon, the storm threat will have moved into South Georgia, but some showers will linger into the evening. By about 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., we should be drying out, setting us up for a mostly dry and partly cloudy Saturday.

Another round of rain could come on Sunday, but the chance remains low at 30%. And things should remain dry for most of next week.