Now, good morning and happy Independence Day.
The time is 5:30. I'm Caitlin Hk
here with meteorologist Alex Fo.
I walked outside this morning ad
I literally said, holy humidity.
Oh, yeah, it is out there this morning.
It was kind of out there yesterday morning,
too. But I feel like this mornig
was just a different level. Oh, yeah.
There's a lot more Hairspray
going on today. I'll
tell you that much right now.
Yeah. And it's not just us.
So it's all across the Southeas.
So if you're headed up to the world's
busiest airport this morning, no matter
where you're going in the south,
if you're staying in the Southe,
going to be running into that humidity,
I think you probably have to.
Head north of the Mason Dixon line to find
any relief from the humidity. But yeah,
a quiet morning there at the airport.
No planes taking off just yet.
We've got 75 in Macon in and Warner Robins,
76 in Dublin, 75 in Perry and 76
in Milledgeville at this hour,
waking up to 77 in Unadilla.
Still hanging on to 78 down in
Cordell and in Rochelle this morning,
76 in Wrightsville and 72 in Monticello.
But a little bit of humidity wee
out there still making it feel .
80 in Cordele, 75 in Eastman.
So yes,
a warm morning across Central Georgia,
but we are dry on the radar goio
remain dry for the next several hours.
It's not going to be until this
afternoon where we begin to fire
up the shower and storm threat.
So across the Southeast 80s this morning,
83 still in Pensacola,
81 in New Orleans and in Housto,
74 in Nashville, 76 in Jacksonv.
Today I think we're headed to about 94,
but this number highly dependent on when
we see those afternoon showers and storms.
I'm going to show you more details on
future view and when your best chance
of rain is coming up in just a moment.
Thank you Alex. This morning a 19 and 18
year old or in jail after a
drug deal led to a shooting.
Very Police arrested them on Su.
Police say it started as a maria
deal that turned into an armed robbery.
One of the suspects is 19
year old is Aylan Chisholm.
It happened near Newport Ave.
and Glenfin and Way and Perry.
Police say officer searched a he
on Glenfin and Way and found gu,
ammunition and marijuana.
One of the guns was reported stolen in June.
Both were charged with armed robbery,
aggravated assault and possessif
marijuana with intent to distri.
Right now the heat is sending
more Central Georgians to the
hospital with heat related
illnesses. Both Piedmont Macon d
Atrium Health Navis and say thee
seen more patients since Friday.
Most patients are coming in with
heat exhaustion and dehydration.
Samir Efron with Piedmont says they're
saying about 150 patients a day.
Efron says patients with pre-existing
conditions like diabetes or high blood
pressure and need to stay hydrated and
not just hydration with water hydration
with electrolytes drinking Gatorades.
If you're drinking alcohol or
drinking soda, make sure you
pair it with water to go with i.
Make sure you're adequately eat.
It's really easy to, you know,
get caught up in the social stuf
that goes on this weekend to fot
to take care of ourselves.
Good advice there, Dr. Efren sa.
They also see firework injuriesd
encourages everyone to take exta
care if you're igniting fireworks now.
Speaking of that heat,
the Salvation Army on Broadway opened its
doors as a cooling shelter over the weekend.
People in need of a break from the heat can
still take advantage of the center Daybreak,
Salvation Army and Brookdale Resource Center.
We've worked together to help cy
rec centers take care of people
seeking shelter from the heat. e
will be open, as previously discussed,
anytime the heat index is 100 or above from
8:00 AM to
5:00 or 6:00 PM in the evening.
People who need to use the coolg
center will also be given waterd
snacks to help them deal with the heat.
So with kids out of school and people
traveling, the Red Cross says bd
donations often drop during the
summer months, which is why thee
calling on central Georgians to donate.
Ethelbeck lost her mom in 1982.
She says blood donations from pe
like you helped her family hold on to
their loved one just a little longer.
Mother would have died
on the operating table
without sufficient blood.
Now 13, W, Macy is partnering
with the American Red Cross for
three blood drives this week.
We hope everyone who's healthy
and able will stop by.
To donate tomorrow, you can visit the
American Red Cross of Central Georgia.
It's on Lakeside Commons, Dr.
in Macon. That's off Bowman Rd.
You can donate from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
That same day will be up in Warr
Robins as well at Central Georga
Technical College on Cohen Walker Drive.
Hours are from noon to five.
And then Friday we'll be in Dub.
You can donate from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
at the Carlvinson VA Medical Ce.
You can make an appointment
on redcrossblood.org.
And
it's just common sense to
keep families together.
It keeps talent, workforce toge.
And look, it enables our governt
to carry out as a global missio.
That was last month when Presidt
Joe Biden signed an executive or
encouraging federal agencies to
create flexible policies to retn
military and veteran spouse wor.
Well, now US legislators are wog
to achieve a similar outcome.
The Senate's bill would make
it easier for agencies to hire
military spouses for remote jobs
until the bill makes it through,
though there are some local opt.
Donald Chambliss works at the
Vector Center helping military
spouses put together resumes.
The center also provides educational and
financial help with their next steps.
Some of the military spouses.
Not all of them,
but some males and or females.
They don't know how to get
back into the job search or
what kind of educational
benefits are there for them.
the US Chamber of Commerce says 22% of the
nation's military spouses are unemployed.
The Vector Center holds seasonal
job fairs and sends out an
available jobs list each week.
Military spouses or veterans
needing help can visit the centr
on South Armed Forces Blvd.
Or you can e-mail them.
536 experts are warning about sy
on the roads for this holiday.
If you have had a few too many o
drink and you need to get home,
please don't drive.
Call a friend or a family
member to pick you up.
Use a rideshare service or
you can call Tow to go.
The service from AAA continues
until 6:00 tomorrow morning.
If you called the number
right there on your screen,
you'll get a ride and have your
car towed within a 10 mile radi.
AAA wants to remind you this
should be used as a last resort.
And if you're getting out on the water today,
we have some reminders for
you straight from the state's
Department of Natural Resources.
State law says your boat must be registered
before you take it out on the w,
and that registration must be on
board if DNR asks to look at it,
make sure you're properly equipped with
life jackets and navigation lig,
and make sure to have a water safety plan.
And remember,
do not boat under the influence.
DNR officials will be out patrog
the waters to keep people safe.
You must stay 100 feet away from
other boats and personal waterc.
And a new law people wakeboardig
should stay 200 feet from any vessel.
Well, not only is today Independence Day,
it is the day of what organizers say is the
world's largest 10K, the Peachtree Rd.
race. It's year 54 for the race.
It starts at Peachtree Rd.
And Lenox Parkway in Buckhead.
Runners will head South to finih
at Piedmont Park in Midtown Rd.
Closures along the 6.2 mile
route are already in effect.
Last year, an estimated 60,000
people race for registration for
this year's event is already cl.
You can, though,
still participate virtually and submit
your results to the Atlanta Trak
Club's website by noon tomorrow.
Whether it's devotion to a specc
hotel or just trying to find a y
to have fun without going too f,
we break down what you need to
know about travel this summer,
plus lots of 4th of July events
happening today around central Georgia.
We'll fill you in on the fireworks and
parades and how you can stay safe today.
Right now the time is 538.
Yes, Everyone, please stay safe today.
Whether it's in the heat,
just on the water. Whatever youe
doing, take some precautions.
Yeah, and that means staying hydrated.
That means you have a firework safety
and want you to wake up tomorrow
morning with all ten of your fingers.
Yes, please. But yeah.
So anything you need to do to sy
safe today, highly recommend it
As you celebrate the 4th of Jul,
let's take a live look over
downtown Macon this morning.
We'll begin seeing first
light here and just a bit.
It is a warm morning in
a humid morning as well.
75 and make.
And in Warner Robins,
78 in Cordell still as
well as under Rochelle,
waking up to 75 down in Eastman and McRae,
78 in Super 10 and 77 in Dublin.
But those dew points,
they are up there,
a dew point of 76 in Warner Rob,
73 in Macon, 74 in Unidil.
It doesn't get much more humid than that,
but not translated into rainfall just yet
and it's going to come later this afternoon.
So expecting to stay dry here
through the morning hours,
once we get to that afternoon rt
along the stationary boundary,
we're going to see afternoon
showers and storms fire up acro.
Central Georgia and really for
that matter across the southeas.
So a level 1 storm threat in eft
today because of that damaging s
and large hail will be possible.
I wouldn't expect it to be widespread.
We only saw one severe
thunderstorm warning yesterday,
maybe something similar today.
That one severe thunderstorm warning was
near the Colodan area in Monroe County.
But let's time it all out on future view.
So through the noon hour,
I think we'll be mainly dry temperatures
into the mid 90s by that noon h.
But then it's going to be like the flip
of a switch and we're going to e
afternoon showers and storms fire up.
There's 5:00 PM there across Central.
Georgia.
So if you have outdoor plans,
I'm not calling it a rain out,
but I am saying keep an eye on the radar.
The good news is though,
by the time we get to 9:10 o'cl,
it does look like most of the
rainfall begins to get out of h.
Now if you're down in Dodge Cou,
Lawrence County,
over towards Troutland County,
yes, future view,
still showing some showers and storms there.
But I really think it's going to
be a matter of just, you know,
30 minutes to an hour of those
getting out of there,
so drying out through the overnight hours.
This is 7:00 AM tomorrow mornin.
Then once we get to tomorrow afternoon,
they're not going to be lookingt
quite as much activity on the r,
but roughly the same rain chanc.
There's 6:00 PM there and on
into the evening hours.
I still think we could hang
on to a couple showers,
something similar for Thursday
as well on into the weekend.
I do think we have a better rain
chance on Friday and I got to tell you,
if you're headed to the coast this weekend,
not looking at great weather down there,
that's on into Saturday
now and then on Sunday.
So in the same song and dance py
much each and every day now it is going
to be hot across central Georgia today.
You can kind of see where the rain falls.
We're going to be looking at not as high
feels like temperatures but whet
hasn't reached yet Could be 100 plus.
And that's going to be the
same into tomorrow as well.
So perfect example here at 5:00 PM feels
like 82 in Forsyth but 102 in Eastman as
we work our way through the afternoon.
So going with 94 is the
high here in Macon today.
That's going to be dependent on
when we see rainfall sunsets
going to be at about 846 tonigh.
Let's check out that fireworks forecast
looking at temperatures in the s
seventy 8 by 8:00 and 9:00 o'cl.
Now that is dependent on seeing
afternoon showers and storms.
If we don't end up seeing
rainfall in Macon today,
those numbers are going to be hr
for fireworks later on tonight.
Here's yourself.
7 day forecast highs and mid 90s
pretty much each and every day.
A 40 to 60% chance of rain.
I do think the better rain chance and
the better storm chance of that is going
to come on Friday then again on Sunday.