Good afternoon, everyone.
Meteorologist Andrew Wilson here
with an update to the forecast e
love to do every Monday and Thuy
to just get everybody ready fore
week and then also on Thursdays,
getting everybody ready for the weekend.
Now, it has been a little bit
of a soggy last few days here.
Not everybody has had rain each day we've
at least had that chance and forward.
Today you see much of the same .
Looking at the radar here as
of Monday at 2:30,
you're seeing some shower activy
out there and even though we do these
updates at 2:30 on Mondays and Thursdays.
Don't forget that a lot of the forecast
information is still fairly relevant.
Some things do change as we
head throughout the week,
so keep that in mind.
But we want to give you a quick
update on what you can expect at
least here for the week ahead.
So let's start things off by looking outside.
As we made our way throughout this morning,
we had a lot of cloud cover out there.
The cloud cover continues to stick around
even as we head throughout this afternoon.
That's going to continue to stik
around also as we head throughot
the latter part of the day.
And yes, even into this evening,
had a few brief periods of show,
a light to moderate shower.
Towards downtown Atlanta earlien
today and we're going to contine
to have that chance again as wed
throughout the middle to latter
part of this afternoon.
So let's take a look at what
it's like out there right now.
As far as Blue Ridge,
they're seeing a little bit more
way of sunshine into far north portions
of Georgia looking off in towards downtown,
we have a lot of cloud cover lit
to moderate showers occurring
out towards tourist park.
The Dodgers are in town for a series.
Over the next few days here andt
they are going to have the chane
for a few brief showers,
I don't think they're going to
have much of A washout,
at least as of what the forecast is showing
me right now as of 230 on Monday afternoon.
But a few brief periods of shows
could occur out there at the bal
games over the next few days and
then looking out towards the airport.
No delays as far as the rain is concerned.
Radar does show a lot of lot of
shower activity stretching from
Athens down through Atlanta,
even over towards Douglasville,
far North Georgia.
Again,
you're seeing a little bit
more in the way of sunshine,
but we look further down towards the South.
Southern portions of the state e
seeing a little bit more in they
of shower and thunderstorm acti.
And then we're also seeing a lot
of that shower and thunderstorm
activity just offshore over thee
into the Atlantic and down eveno
portions of the Florida Panhand.
That's going to be where majoriy
of the thunderstorm activity
is going to be occurring for throughout
the afternoon at least on Monda.
Temperatures 60s to 70s.
The cooler conditions are along
the metro towards the South,
and that is because we've had a
little bit more rainfall now.
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So continue our way through
the timeline here.
You'll notice that we have some
rain chances as we head into the
next few days and my graphic sym
just skipped ahead,
so let me bounce it back real q.
We're going to talk more about the seven
day forecast here in just a sec.
Forecast track shows as we
hit throughout today.
Here's a look at what the radar may look
like at certain times for the next 48 hours.
This is a good look at it.
By 6:30 PM on Monday,
seeing a little bit of shower activity there
towards the southwest of the metro mainly,
that's good news.
Remember the baseball games
going on tonight after 7:00?
O'clock,
it looks like things will be
staying fairly dry out there,
but we move into the overnight time frame,
moderate to heavy showers at ti,
mainly for areas closer on towas
the Alabama and Georgia border.
That's going to be where we
have the better chance.
For some heavier showers and the
yellows and oranges showing up.
But notice that it kind of tapers off as
you head further off towards the east.
Not going to be as much in the way of rain
when you get close on over towards Athens,
Gainesville and especially
up towards the Clayton area.
Looking around the noon
time frame on Tuesday,
shower activity still kind of lingering all,
but it really thins that as we d
into the afternoon on Tuesday.
And temperatures are going to
be into the 70s only for highs,
really lower 70s, upper 60s.
Going to be a fairly cool day wh
a lot of cloud cover out there.
Also those light to moderate shs
Wednesday by 6:30 AM you noticet
we do have some patchy drizzle out there,
a lot of cloud cover.
But we move into the afternoon,
we get abundant sunshine,
start to really show up,
going to be a mostly clear
to partly cloudy sky
and it's going to be a beautiful
afternoon there on Wednesday afr
we have some gloomy conditions
here for Monday and Tuesday so.
Over the next couple of days,
still going to keep on with those rain
chances Wednesday and Thursday looking
like drier conditions and then we have
a slight chance for rain moving right
back in as we head into Friday there.
Unfortunately that's slight chae
for rain is going to linger on o
Saturday as well, but honestly?
We need the rainfall.
We're pretty behind for the mon.
Still notice that we're still
trending in that dry to very dry
category for the month of May.
We need some rainfall to help pick up.
You notice that we're about an h
and a quarter behind for the mo,
but we are still barely ahead
for this time of year.
Notice we should have just about
20 inches by this time of year.
We're at 20 1/2 so far thanks to some
really wet months earlier on in the year.
But we need some rainfall to help catch
up and stay ahead of things rat.
We do have abnormally dry condis
just down towards our S still
no moderate drought in the state
for the second week in a row.
Now see any moderate drought
anyone in Georgia.
But we do have those abnormallyy
conditions further down towards our S,
maybe mainly into South Georgia
and stretching over closer on
towards the Brunswick area.
They will be getting some better rain as
we hit throughout the next seven days.
For areas well down to our South
Brunswick may not have those
abnormally dry conditions as we
hit throughout the next two wee.
With the latest updates of the
Drought Monitor,
you see Brunswick getting anywhe
from about an inch and a half to
maybe even 2 1/2 three inches of
rainfall over the next seven da.
Parts of the southern to middle
portion of the state.
Really.
You're going to get some better
amounts of rainfall here,
but you see the Atlanta area anywhere from
1/2 of an inch to an inch of rainfall.
And then far north Georgia.
Some spots may make it through the next
seven days without a drop of ra.
Now we have been watching the
tropics closely.
We have a very low chance
for tropical development.
Out here in the Atlantic,
that's going to be right here,
kind of east of the Bahamas,
north of the Turks and Caicos a.
This system is expected to kind of make
its way off towards the north and east.
In the center of the system locd
right here and it's just going o
kind of drift off to the north
and east and away from the US.
So even if it did develop in anything,
not expecting any impacts from ,
the start of hurricane season
just a few weeks away on June 1.
So we didn't closer and closer to the
beginning of hurricane season h.
And something we're going to continue
to keep you updated on all summer long
and as we head into the fall ase
hurricane season kind of lingers on and
they're into the early months of fall.
So the Atlantic hurricane,
Atlantic Tropical cyclone names rather
for this year, start with Arlen.
Now we actually have already had
a subtropical system that should
have had a name,
but they ended up not rating its
something that should have had a name
until the system had already died out.
So. Arlene is still on the list,
but actually our second system,
a developed system of the year,
will be our first name system,
which will be Arlene.
So we'll stand by for whenever
that may occur.
I don't think it's going to be e
system that has the very low che
for tropical development right ,
but of course, we'll keep you updating
in case anything like that chan.
Your 7 day forecast shows that
we have the 30% chance for rain,
first of all for Monday moving into Tuesday.
We do have a 30% chance for rain
there as well on Wednesday.
Partly cloudy sky,
mostly sunny there as we hit
throughout the day on Thursday,
hitting 83 degrees.
Chesley was in earlier on todayd
chose that as his pick of the w.
We have a slight change for rain on Friday,
a slight chance on Saturday,
and then 80 degrees on Sunday.
We get at least one.
Completely dry day this weekendh
a partly cloudy sky there on Su.
Looking like a good pool day maybe if
you're going to be outside there on Sunday,
great weather for that,
great weather for that on Thursday too.
But a lot of us have to go to w,
right?
Looking at the 8 to 14 day outlk
beyond the seven day forecast,
giving us an idea of what that
beginning of June is going to be like.
It's going to feel like June,
we're going to have a round avee
to a little bit above average
temperatures for around that time period.
Mid 80s would be around where we should
be to even a little bit above we
we should be for this time of y.
And then as far as the rain is concerned,
above average rainfall,
so we could use a little bit more rain.
That's not going to hurt us too.
It's good to see that we do have
those rain chances in there as e
head into the early part of Jund
then looking at the weekend gets
as we head throughout the next.
Few days here.
We're going to be keeping a cloe
eye on the weekend forecast.
Of course we do have the holiday
weekend coming up here,
so you can like anybody travelig
down towards Destin.
You got a great week ahead of yu
the weekend showing temperature
sitting into the lower 80s each,
lower to mid 80s and we're going
to have a
good amount of sunshine there.
Gatlinburg, I want to have a lie
bit of shower activity there on Monday,
but there Saturday and Sunday looking drier.
Friday looking like a little bif
rainfall though and then also looking like.
Fairly good weather at Lake Lan.
Remember what I said,
the rain chances over the next ,
it's mainly going to be I-20 re.
The Atlanta metro as a whole and
further South there a majority.
The rain is going to occur,
but the rain isn't going to be
as impactful up at Lake Lanier,
especially this weekend.
So if you're headed out to take the boat out,
still know you're going to
have that 20% chance for rain,
It would be good to have that 11
alive app with you on your phono
you can keep an eye on the rada.
But you're going to have some dr
conditions if you plan on taking
the boat out or maybe spending e
time up at Lake Lanier this wee.
If you plan on going to any of e
Memorial Day services or events this weekend,
especially north of the Metro,
it's going to be drier conditio.
And I think as we head into Mon,
we're going to have drier weathr
for any of those special Memorial Day
services that you may be heading out to.
So whether you're traveling,
whether you're memorializing one
of your fallen loved ones,
whatever it may be.
It's going to be good weather te
as we head into Sunday and Mondy
of this next week or this weeked
for the Memorial Day holiday tht
we look at Charleston,
look at my dryer conditions thee
for Sunday and Monday and then
you see a little bit of again rn
there as we head into Gatlinbur.
And that's kind of the extended outlook.
Know that that forecast still
could change from Memorial Day.
You know when we're looking at
seven days out at A at an event,
sometimes it can take time for e
models to come into agreement and we can
really nail down the forecast for you.
So something we'll continue to p
a close eye on your Peach State
outlook over the next three days
showing the rain chances here ae
head throughout Tuesday, Wednes.
Starting to dry up a little bit,
Savannah,
going to do with a little bit of
rainfall and then it will all
be drier there on Thursday.
It's going to be nice to have those drier
conditions returning right back to our area.
And then your Georgia State Park forecast
showing that as we head throughout Tuesday,
you see the little bit of shower activity
that's going to be going on across the state.
It's not just us, a lot of cloud cover.
You see a lot of clouds on
the screen right there.
Again, that's going to be all day on Tuesday.
A lot of the state going to be
dealing with some rainfall.
I think the heavier of the rainfall though,
it's going to be kind of a
little bit further on down.
On towards our South.
So I want to bring back up
the seven day forecast again.
Of course don't forget we can
do these updates every Monday,
every Thursday at 2:30.
I want to keep everybody updated for the
week ahead and then also for the weekend.
So be sure to always TuneIn
whenever we have these updates.
Don't forget that you can keep
updating on the forecast every
evening with Chief Meteorologist
Chris Holcomb every morning with
meteorologist Chessy McNeil and
then on the weekends meteorologt
Melissa Nord and Nicole Hartford
are on to give updates and then.
Throughout the week,
in the evenings you'll see me on it as well,
especially on the ATL at 7:00 o'clock
giving updates on the forecast,
keeping everybody informed on wt
you can expect throughout the w.
Ahead11alive.com can have a lot
of those updates and then also
by downloading the 11 Alive app.
So over the next few days we continue
on with the cloudy and dreary
conditions with a little bit of shower
activity there for Monday and Tuesday,
but again,
finally going to be drier there
for Wednesday afternoon and
then also drier for Thursday.
So just a couple more days.
We have some beautiful days ahead of us,
so until next Thursday,
I'm meteorologist Andrew Wilson will of
course continue to keep you updg
on the forecast anytime in betw.
Have a wonderful week ahead of u
and we'll keep you up there and
everything right here at 11 Ali.