Spotty and light is how meteorologists with the National Weather Service are describing their expectations for this week’s weather.
According to Robert Beasley, a Weather Service meteorologist, the Atlanta area received a little less than an inch of rain on Sunday. But the lightning that came with the storm caused its fair share of damage and setbacks in and around the city.
“We are not expecting anything significant,” he said. “The majority of the rain will be seen in the Carolinas and the coast.”
Sunday’s storm caused scattered power outages in and around the city, house fires and delays at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Yet, none of the storms reached severe levels, according to the Weather Service.
“Just very heavy rain and some lightning.”
Lightning from Sunday afternoon’s storms sparked three house fires in Gwinnett County, as well as two in DeKalb County, the Weather Service reported.
Several trees were blown down in the Lawrenceville area around 1:30 p.m. Sunday. No injuries were reported.
About 4,000 Georgia Power customers lost electricity during the storms, but all service was restored by early evening, according to Christy Ihrig, a spokeswoman for the utility.
The .94 inch of rain recorded at Hartsfield-Jackson on Sunday pushed the city’s rainfall total for the month to 6.09 inches, a surplus of 2.55 inches. For the year, Atlanta is 1.93 inches above normal.
A 40 percent chance of rain is forecast for Monday, mainly during the morning hours. The chance of rain decreases to 20 percent overnight and on Tuesday, the Weather Service said.
Highs are expected to be in the low 80s on Monday and upper 70s on Tuesday, with overnight lows in the low 60s.
Partly sunny skies and highs near 80 are predicted for Wednesday, with a 20 percent chance of rain returning to the forecast for Thursday through Sunday.
Staff writer Mike Morris contributed to this article.
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