Dry air in place over North Georgia is giving the region a break from stormy weather, but it is also making things pretty chilly.
Temperatures are in the 30s and 40s on Wednesday morning. Metro Atlanta is beginning the day in the mid-40s, but it feels like the 30s outside with the wind chill, according to Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brian Monahan.
North Georgia will string together a few days like this one before the return of rain for the weekend, he said.
“It is going to be a cool day, but it’s going to be a sunny day,” Monahan said. “Some good news: There are no storms, no rain to worry about today, just a chilly start.”
The average morning low for this time of year is 51 degrees. By Thursday morning, temperatures in Atlanta could be up to 10 degrees below that, according to Channel 2.
Monahan said the city won’t return to average temperatures until moisture in the air starts to increase Friday.
It will still be cool Wednesday afternoon, but the sun will be out in force, he said. Atlanta’s projected high is 63 degrees, well below the average 72. The mountains are not expected to make it out of the 50s Wednesday, while areas south of the city will warm into the upper 60s, according to Channel 2.
As the humidity returns for the end of the week, Monahan said North Georgia will lose the sunshine and pick up the clouds and an increasing chance of rain.
“No rain today, no rain tomorrow, no rain on Friday,” he said. “The weekend, though, we do have some rain coming back in. This is not going to be the big storms we saw like last weekend, but there are going to be some showers around Saturday and Sunday.”
The National Weather Service has now confirmed at least 15 tornadoes touched down in Georgia when a storm system moved through Sunday night and Monday morning. Four of those hit Washington County in Middle Georgia.
“The strongest one was in Upson County,” Monahan said. “That was up to 140 mph wind(s). Fortunately, nobody was hurt in that one.”
The Weather Service classified that twister as an EF3. An EF2 tornado hit Murray County, where seven people in four mobile homes were killed.
Monahan said there is no risk of severe weather in the showers and possible storms next weekend. Rain is 40% likely Saturday and 60% likely Sunday, according to Channel 2.
Traffic conditions are expected to be lighter than normal throughout the day Wednesday with Georgia under a stay-at-home order amid the coronavirus crisis. Metro Atlanta interstates are moving smoothly at 9:30 a.m. with no major delays, according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center.
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