Scattered showers and isolated storms are expected to soak parts of metro Atlanta on Tuesday, according to Channel 2 Action News.
“You may need to leave a little extra time this morning, especially in Gwinnett County and DeKalb County,” Channel 2 meteorologist Brian Monahan said around 6:30 a.m. “Here’s that rain moving right toward Spaghetti Junction. It’s going to be wet on the top end of the Perimeter this morning” and toward Covington.
The rain should let up going into the afternoon, but it will make a comeback on Wednesday and Thursday. Atlanta could receive up to 4 inches of precipitation over the next few days, Monahan said.
Scattered showers will continue today with cooler temperatures...
— Brian Monahan, WSB (@BMonahanWSB) September 15, 2020
No direct impacts from #Sally here today -- but there will be later this week.
Going through that with you 4:30-7am on Channel 2! @wsbtv
The soggy conditions will bring temperatures down a bit. With a high of 79 degrees in the forecast, Tuesday will start a streak of cooler days that will last into the weekend.
“Instead of mid- to upper 80s, we’ll have mid- to upper 70s,” Monahan said.
Thursday will be the wettest day of the week due to Hurricane Sally, Monahan said.
The slow-moving, Category 1 storm is expected to make landfall near the Mississippi-Alabama state line late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
“It is just going to crawl to the Gulf Coast over the next 24 hours,” Monahan said.
The hurricane’s strength will bounce back and forth before making landfall near Mobile, Alabama, he added.
Sally is expected to bring heavy rain across north and central GA from Wed through Sat morning. Widespread 2-4" are possible with an axis of higher totals of 6"+ along the I-85 corridor.
— NWS Atlanta (@NWSAtlanta) September 15, 2020
Primary hazards:
-Flash flooding
-River flooding
-Brief spin-up tornado (in SW GA) pic.twitter.com/gxtIYbloE3
The winds will weaken as Hurricane Sally moves through Alabama and Middle Georgia, but the storm will leave much of the state soaked, Monahan said.
“With (the) track bending to our south, this should limit the severe weather threat here in North Georgia with Sally,” he said in a tweet. “There will be heavy rain and some thunder, but for now we’ll keep the severe weather risk in Middle and South Georgia.”
So far, the weather is not putting a damper on the morning commute. Most areas are delay-free, according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center.
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