Tropical Weather Could Post Threat to Atlanta by Next Week
After more than a month with almost no tropical weather in the area, it looks like Tropical Depression 12 could change things this weekend. Ever since Dennis came through the area in July, succeeding tropical storms have either been Mexican only events, or have moved up the Atlantic Ocean, never posing a threat to land. However, the soon to become Tropical Storm Katrina is taking dead aim at the central Florida coast, and could become a hurricane before it makes landfall along the Gulf Coast next week.
Currently located about 270 miles southeast of the Florida coast, the storm boasts winds of 35 MPH. It is expected to hit the East coast of Florida early Friday morning, and then travel across the state, exiting near the Tampa Bay area early Saturday. After that, the storm will move across the open Gulf waters, where it could gain hurricane strength on Sunday.
It’s still unclear exactly how this storm will affect North Georgia and the metro Atlanta area. Computer models show different solutions for direction and intensity, and until the storm becomes more defined, we’ll just have to wait.
In the meantime, cooler, drier air remains just to our north, as we continue to experience the three H’s of summer weather. However, the boundary should push into our area sometime later today or early tomorrow, bringing a few nice days of weather, with less rain, heat, and humidity. That should last through the weekend, until we begin to feel the effects of Katrina early next week.
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