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Another Summer-like Day

Another Summer-like Day

Slow moving front continues to drift east, but remains close enough to bring a 10 to 20% chance for afternoon showers/thunderstorms. Most of the heavy rain will stay right near the front, so the summer-like pattern continues. High this afternoon will be in the low 80s.

Another threat for afternoon showers/thunderstorms on Thursday afternoon. Only a slight chance at this time. Skies are forecast to clear as we get closer to the weekend. High pressure will build in, bringing sunshine. We will have to pay close attention to the area of low pressure the sets up off the coast of Florida. For now will leave the weekend sunny and dry, with the rain in the southern parts of the state.

Thunderstorm Structure 101

Thunderstorm Structure 101

For those of you wondering what all that storm talk is about, well down below is what a t-storm is made of. It is simply an updraft that is tilted by the increase in wind speed as you go aloft. Once the storm hits the top of the atmosphere the clouds spread out away from the storm in what is known as the ANVIL. As that anvil spreads downstream from the top of the storm these crazy clouds form under it called MAMMATUS CLOUDS. Basically they are signs of extreme instability, just look at some of those pics down below!!!

We say a very nice anvil with partial mammatus earlier in midtown tonight, I took the picture down below.

Send me your photos to photos@11alive.com and I will show them on the news at 10 and 11 tonight!!

 

Tuesday Evening Quickcast

A few storms around the metro area could affect the Braves game tonight. Check out the latest quickcast for this evening.

 

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Severe T-Storm Watch NE Georgia

Severe T-Storm Watch NE Georgia

There is a severe t-storm watch in effect for 2 counties in N Georgia until 10pm tonight. The counties are Rabun and Habersham and those are the only 2 counties that have a risk of seeing severe weather this afternoon and evening. Right now a disturbance at the upper levels is moving across that part of the state towards N Carolina. The upper disturbance combined with the instability at the surface will pop a few t-storms in that part of the state that will be capable of producing haill one inch and greater with wind gusts up to 70mph. For the metro we might see a few storms later this afternoon on the strong side, but the threat for severe is very low.

 

Severe-weather text alerts set to begin

WASHINGTON -- Wireless carriers and the federal government are launching a system to automatically warn people of dangerous weather and other emergencies via a special type of text messaging to cellphones.

The Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) service, which begins this month, is free, and consumers won't have to sign up. Warnings will be location-based: If you're traveling, you'll get an alert for whatever emergency is happening where you are.

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"Wireless carriers representing more than 97% of subscribers voluntarily agreed to develop and offer free, geographically targeted wireless emergency alerts," said Amy Storey, spokeswoman for the CTIA- The Wireless Association. AT&T, Cellcom, Cricket, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular and Verizon Wireless are participating.

More Isolated T-Storms

More Isolated T-Storms

A cold front has pushed into eastern central GA and has decided to hang around. The front will be the trigger for isolated thunderstorms this afternoon. Only a 20 to 30% chance that you will get wet. The front will continue to drift east southeastward, and clears us out as we get closer to the weekend. Temperatures will be warming up as well. 70s today, 80s by Friday.