Well, it's been an active
day already on the radar.
We've had a lot of shower and
thunderstorm activity kind of take off
here especially early on this morning.
Now as we continue our way intoe
afternoon, we're seeing even moe
of that thunderstorm activity wh
even the potential for some strg
to severe storms at Times Now,
majority of this rain right now.
Is West of the 11 live viewing .
That is as far as the severe
storms that we're dealing with.
You can see those storms over into portions
of Alabama stretching into Gads,
Aniston.
That's going to be where majoriy
of those stronger storms are.
And then when we move well W into Alabama,
we have some of those strong sts
as well that are making their wy
closer on over towards the Colen
area which is kind of halfway
between Huntsville and Birminghm
there along the I-65 corridor.
So a lot of activity,
you know we are picked,
we picked up a little bit of
rainfall already.
Looking out at some of our tower
cams here across the region,
you can see up towards North End
of the perimeter by the King and
Queen building and Sandy Springs
and up on I-285 and Georgia 400,
you can see that they're seeinge
cloudy skies, gloomy conditions there,
a lot of cloud coverage startino
thicken up across Atlanta itsel.
And then you see out towards
Rome some gloomy skies as well,
some stormy looking skies even at times.
See the thunderstorm activity
again passing on through the,
excuse me,
through the region and you see
some of those thunderstorms alry
impacting parts of our area.
So I'm going to zoom in a little bit,
showing some more stratoform rap
towards portions of Cherokee Co,
stretching over towards Bartow
County and now into Forsyth Cou.
That's going to be where we hava
lower chance for strong storms Right now.
Some of that stratoform rain is
really going to help to stop see
weather from being as much of A
risk for some of those counties
further north of the metro.
But we still have a pretty good
chance for some of those strongr
to severe storms for areas like
over towards Carrollton.
Now they had a severe thunderstm
warning a little bit earlier.
Over their way.
That storm has now weakened a little bit.
Still though,
a lot of lightning,
a lot of heavy rain associated
with this storm.
Let's go ahead and take a look t
how many lightning strikes we've had.
Within the last 15 minutes or s.
You see 73 lightning strikes and
that's not really a large area
for all that lightning to occur.
Let you know that it is a little
bit of an issue as far as the
lightning is concerned.
Today, when Thunder roars, go indoors.
Make sure you're being safe out there
and practicing lightning safety,
and also make sure that you're
staying out of any
flood waters that you may encou.
Remember, if there's any flood waters
across the roadway, turn around,
Don't try to drive through any flood.
Flooded areas. So you can see tt
we have a lot of lightning, a lf
heavy rain associated with that storm.
Nothing severe with it,
though when we look a little bit
further down towards the South,
we do have a another.
Round bout of storms,
that has been a little bit of an issue.
This is going to be closer on down towards
the Columbus area just southeast of them.
You notice that they have tornado warnings,
severe thunderstorm warnings.
That's where there's a better
risk or a higher risk rather
for severe weather for today.
That's where likely a majority of the
strong storms for this afternoon are going
to be occurring for the state of Georgia.
Again,
that's South of the 11 alive viewing area,
but we're going to keep a
close eye on those two.
We do have a tornado watch that is in place.
That is in place until 7:00 o'c.
Let's take a closer look down io
our region now that we have that
turned on on the screen as well.
That's that pale yellow color tt
you're seeing across the region.
And again that's going to be until 7:00 PM.
That does include as far as the1
alive viewing area is concerned.
Troop County,
Hurd County and Merriweather Co.
That's going to be down that
I-85 corridor stretching closer
on over towards LaGrange,
which is there in Troop County.
That's where we've had a lot of
severe weather already this yea.
Hopefully they can make it through this
system without any serious stor,
but again,
they do have that potential for some.
For some strong storms down
their way as well,
that's going to be again where e
could also have some flooding o.
Now Heard County not included
in the flat in the Flood Watch,
but we do have Troop and Merriweather
County both included in the Flood Watch
and you see that it even stretcs
further down to the South there,
including the communities like
Thomaston Macon and even into
portions of southern Georgia.
Now the Level 4 risk out of five
is in place today for areas setn
southern Troop County stretching
down into the Columbus area.
Again that's we're going to be
where they have a bit of a highr
risk for severe weather for tod.
That's going to be an area that
we're watching very closely.
But then you see a Level 3 out f
five risk and enhanced risk for
severe weather stretching into a
good portion of our region still
South of the Atlanta metro.
And then a level 2 risk for the
Atlanta metros stretching off
into far north Georgia and then
a level one risk there closure n
by the North Carolina border.
So what does that mean?
Well,
it means that the chance
for severe weather is
going to be a little bit higher for areas
down here closer on towards Montgomery.
Stretching over to the east towards Columbus
and then the risk for severe weather gets
lower as you move off to the northeast.
It means less storms will likely become
severe in that area, are likelyo
become severe in that area rath,
and then also the intensity of
those storms may not be as high.
So some lower intensity severe storms
possible here in far North Geor,
but then again a little bit more
likely for the intensity down he
in the area shaded in Level 4.
That's also where we're seeing e
of those tornado warnings right.
Taking a look at our storm threats for today,
again the risk is showing that e
have a medium chance for heavy
rain here in across the region.
We have a medium chance for damaging wind,
very low chance for a breeze spin up tornado.
That chance for tornadoes is a little bit.
It higher well down to our S Soh
of the 11 Alive viewing area.
And then we also have a low risk
for some large hail all things t
we're going to be watching throughout
the day right here at 11 Alive.
And you can also stay updated on
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It's a great thing to have in yr
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especially when we have the chae
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You could watch live there fromr
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That's where you would click in order
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So let's say we ended up havinga
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cut in for on TV, but you lose power.
You would have the ability to still get
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You also have the ability to click the
radar to get updates on what the rain
is doing in your area and also getting
a look at future radar right th.
And then also seeing that hourly forecast,
you see those thunderstorm icon.
That's real time data.
As of 142 in the afternoon here on Wednesday,
you can see that we still have e
chance for thunderstorm activity
continuing throughout the after.
It's not storming in Atlanta right now,
but we have the chance for some of those
storms and some of those storms aren't
too far away from us at the mom,
already impacting other portions
in North Georgia,
especially getting up towards
Cherokee County,
over towards Carrollton as well
and West of the Atlanta metro.
Yeah,
we have some of those storms
already on the radar,
just not in Atlanta right now.
So what's it going to look likes
afternoon?
Noon forecast track has been kid
of back and forth.
This is just one weather model.
So this one weather model
and the latest update,
it seems to be having a tough te
initializing what's happening.
We always like to say, you know,
you want to try to get a better
eye if you want a good idea
what's happening in the future,
have a good idea what's happening now.
Now this one weather model,
its latest update is having a th
time trying to show some thunderstorm
activity by 3:30 PM to our southwest.
I think we have some right overs
even at 3:30 some of those stor.
Continue to move through by
about 4:30 this afternoon.
That could very well still be
impacting the Atlanta metro.
So be ready for that on your evening commute.
And then by the time we get to about 6:00 PM,
while it's not showing it
over us right there,
I would not be surprised if we l
have some thunderstorm activity.
So again.
Our latest update on forecast t.
Sometimes these weather models,
they flop back and forth
with what they're thinking.
I think we are still going to be
having rain around this time fre
despite the fact that it is tryg
to show that it would be drier.
Now the good news is we move in
through the overnight time fram.
Rain chances are going to go don
tonight by 7:00 AM tomorrow we e
going to have the chance for a w
showers and storms here and the,
but forecast track is trying
to keep us drier.
Thursday as a whole is going to be drier.
That's the good news.
And then our chance for severe
weather is going to be very low, low.
It's going to be much higher
chance for severe weather.
Down to our S you actually
can see some of those storms.
This is for Thursday by about n,
something we're going to keep a
close eye on just to make sure y
don't impact us too right as wed
throughout the day there on Thursday,
then we make our way into Friday
is going to be dry for us.
Not expecting any rain here in the 11
live viewing area on Friday dese
the fact that forecast track tried to show a.
Few isolated showers there,
weakening as they headed into
our region for the afternoon.
We think we stay dry now on Saturday,
going to be a few more showers
and storms back in there,
but there's some good news behind all this.
We don't want the severe weathe,
right, But we do want the rain.
We are at a deficit for this yer
as far as rainfall is concerned,
but the rain that we're getting
today and over the next few
days should help fix that.
We should start to see that
number climb back up and then
maybe even be back at a surplus
by the time we head into the end
of this weekend and into early.
Next week you can see the rain
chances again.
They're higher for today.
We do have a 50% chance for shos
and storms, though also for Thursday.
And then we move into Saturday,
Just a slight chance for rain t.
Remember, Friday is going to be.
And then we move into Sunday and Monday.
40% chances for scattered showes
and storms here and there.
We'll continue to keep a close eye on that.
We talked about being at a defi.
We need the rainfall.
Look at the amount of rain that we're
expecting over the next seven d,
anywhere from 2 inches to 4 inches of rain
as we head throughout the next week across.
Across the 11 alive viewing are,
that is enough rain to really
knockout the deficits that we he
and push away any of the abnormy
dry conditions across the regio.
We did end up seeing some spots
slip into abnormally dry condit.
You see those spots shaded in yellow.
That is likely going to change
here though as we head again
throughout this next week.
Let's take a look at the seven day outlook
as we hit throughout this next .
Again the best rain chance
that's coming in for today,
we move into Thursday,
50% chance for scattered showerd
storms and you see those temperatures
each day above average to around average.
That's mid 80s for this time ofr
and then you see some spots even
rising into the upper 80s by the time
we head into Saturday and Sunda.
Unfortunately we do have the rain chances.
There's we hit throughout the weekend.
Thankfully they are lower for Saturday
but they do pick up a little bit more,
especially for Sunday afternoon
and then those lingering.
Rain chances as we head into
Monday and Tuesday.
Now you may be wanting an idea n
what we're going to get for the
day eight through day 14 timefr.
I'm talking about towards the
end of the month of June.
We're now looking outside of the
seven day forecast from day eigt
through day 14 for the month of June.
It is looking like we are going to have a
round average to below average temperatures.
That's going to be lower
80s for this time of year.
So don't get too excited about ,
but it is going to be at least not too hot
out there looking at the same time frame.
There for the end of June,
it also looks like above average
rainfall and we need that,
so it's good to see that there on the board.
Let's take a look at the weekend getaways
to if you're planning a weekend getaway.
We talked about the rain chances
here in the Atlanta area,
Destin looking very stormy.
Not the best weekend for the Emerald Coast.
And then you see there that we e
going to be having for Lakeland
near that we are going to be hag
a little bit more sunshine there
on Saturday and then on Sunday
going to have a partly cloudy
sky there overhead with a little
bit more rain chances likely
for Lakeland near as well.
So I'm going to bring back up te
radar again showing some of the
shower and thunderstorm activity that
we have going on across the reg.
Again, we're going to continue
to be tracking these showers and
storms all throughout the day.
You see that there's a new sevee
thunderstorm warning closer
on towards Gadsden.
Again, that's outside of the
11 alive viewing area,
but we'll keep a close eye on i.
So these storms continue to
move throughout our region all
throughout this afternoon.
Chief Meteorologist Chris Holcob
is going to be in within the
next 30 minutes and he's going o
keep everybody updated throughot
this afternoon alongside with
meteorologist Melissa Nord,
meteorologist Nicole Hartford and myself.
That way everybody can stay infd
all throughout the afternoon.
And then we also have.
Of Bo Beth Yates out there
in the Thunder truck,
keeping everybody updated on wht
we can see across the region and
out on the roadways as well.
So have a wonderful afternoon,
stay weather aware and we'll keep you
updated on everything right here at 11 Alive.