The work week started on a drizzly, foggy note, and there’s a risk of severe storms Monday night into Tuesday as a squall line of strong thunderstorms works its way into Georgia.
Channel 2 meteorologist Karen Minton said the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center has put the far western counties of the state under a slight risk of severe storms Monday night, with all but coastal Georgia under a slight risk of severe weather Tuesday.
The Weather Service said a squall line of strong to severe thunderstorms should enter the northwest corner of the state between 3 and 6 a.m. Tuesday and reach metro Atlanta between 6 and 9 a.m.
The primary threats from the storms will be damaging winds to 60 mph, very heavy rain that could cause flash flooding and isolated, brief tornadoes.
Minton said there could be two rounds of storms on Tuesday, the first around daybreak and a second round of storms during the afternoon commute.
She put the chance of rain at 60 percent Monday afternoon and evening, increasing to 100 percent Tuesday.
Afternoon highs will be in the low 80s Monday, low 70s Tuesday and upper 60 Wednesday, with morning lows in the mid-60s Tuesday and mid-50s Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday should be sunny, with highs in the low to mid-70s and lows in the low 50s.
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