Last year we were in the 20's and 30's for highs with snow in the forecast. This year it is in the 70's with severe weather in the forecast. Don't you just love living in the South??

This afternoon a storm system that is over SW Alabama right will be heading in this direction. The system will move over the NW section of the state at around 7-10 p.m. (see 500mb below). As it comes out there will be a risk for some severe t-storms. The main threat will be wind, hail, and flooding, given the amount of rain we have seen lately.

There is a very slim chance of a few tornadoes, very slim, but the threat is there (see below the Tornado Risk).

The storms should begin to enter the western sections of the state later this at afternoon around 5-7 p.m. and be through by around midnight (see last image below).

From the NWS:

 

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THURSDAY FOR NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...FOR NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON...TO JACKSON...LEXINGTON. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 AM EST THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

We have a lot of rain in the forecast for the next few days. System after system will come through and each one could give us around 1/2 of an inch of rain. Check out how much rain we saw over a period of 3 hours in metro Atlanta, we saw just under 1 inch!! That is the moist one day total in 6 months!! Our computer models are calling for at least another 1/2 inch by tomorrow night. The HPC is calling for 3-5 inches in N Georgia through Christmas day!!