Expect a few spotty showers Thursday, but the real downpour will hit metro Atlanta Friday and bring with it a marginal risk of small hail and gusty winds.
Heavy rain poured into Houston Thursday afternoon after the city had already gotten nearly 20 inches of rain flooding south central Texas.
“It’s just not a good picture for them at this moment,” Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Karen Minton said. “It’s along with a front that will eventually come through here.”
But the rain expected in Atlanta won’t be anywhere near as severe.
“Now it’s dry for us at this point. But with winds coming right out of the southwest, it’s going to increase our moisture,” Minton said. “And so that’s going to set us up for the showers that will come in here later today and then more importantly tomorrow.”
It was sunny Thursday afternoon in Atlanta. But clouds will increase, winds will come up from the south and humidity will increase.
Temperatures were 67 degrees in Atlanta, 70 degrees in Blairsville and 72 degrees in Griffin just before 6 p.m.
By 5 p.m., metro residents faced a few isolated showers.
“Now we’re not looking at strong to severe storms today,” Minton said. “But the Storm Prediction Center does have parts of the metro area in that marginal risk for tomorrow, and that’s mainly in the afternoon.”
Rain is expected to remain north of metro Atlanta until about 3 p.m., when a disturbance is expected to hit the area.
“So [for] your commute tomorrow afternoon, you will be driving through some spots that could get a real heavy downpour,” Minton said. “There’s going to be some lightning with it. We also have to watch for some small-sized hail.”
From about 4 to 7 a.m. Friday, rain will pick up in metro Atlanta. It will intensify about 10 a.m. and continue through Friday evening.
But by midnight, the rain will clear.
Temperatures will drop to the low 70s Friday, then increase to the 80s by Sunday.
The pollen count, which has fluctuated this week, dropped to 190 particles of pollen per cubic meter of air Thursday. That's well below the current season high of 4,107 and last year's season high of 6,152.
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