Metro Atlanta faces a marginal risk of isolated severe storms Friday that could cause damaging winds, hail and lightning.
But metro areas won't get anything like the nearly 18 inches of rain that hit central Texas this week.
Strong storms have continued to drench the Houston area, “where they don’t need any more rain,” Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Karen Minton said.
“And they are getting lots of it today,” she added.
Meanwhile, high clouds and light eastern winds are the only traces of rain to come locally, and the sun’s still peeking between those clouds.
Temperatures were 79 degrees in Atlanta, 7 degrees in Blairsville and 74 degrees in Griffin just before 2:15 p.m.
Atlanta temps will reach 81 degrees by8 3 p.m. and 82 degrees by 5 p.m.
But highs will cool to the 70s after a cold front northwest of Georgia reaches northeast areas of the state later Wednesday.
“And the clouds will continue to increase in advance of the rest of that front that’s going to be bringing showers to us,” Minton said. “It will start later on tomorrow.”
Isolated showers will pop up in metro Atlanta about 8 p.m. Thursday, when a 30 percent chance of rain is expected. But the main impact of the cold front will happen early Friday, when there is a 70 percent chance of showers.
Showers will pickup in Calhoun and other areas northwest of Atlanta first before reaching the metro area. And by 1 a.m., some metro areas will see showers too.
Rain will clear out for the weekend, and temperatures will stay in the mid- to upper 70s.
The pollen count, which has fluctuated over the last few days, decreased to 345 particles of pollen per cubic meter of air Wednesday. That was well below the current season high of 4,107 and last year's season high of 6,152.
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