Nor’Easter Could Affect Atlanta Area, In Front of Cooler Weather
North Georgia gets its first real chance of rain in a long time from a tropical disturbance now located over South Florida. Although it’s not officially a tropical storm, the low pressure system is expected to move slowly north over Florida today and tomorrow, then pick up speed, and connect with a low pressure system that is now bringing snow to North Dakota and Minnesota. The result is a nor’easter likely to bring 8 to 9 inches of rain to the Carolina coast, and up to 4 inches of rain to New England.
The amount of rain we’ll see in metro Atlanta is dependent on how far west the center of the storm travels. Right now, it looks like the best chance of rain will be from Thursday morning through Friday night, with likely rainfall of half an inch. This assumes that the storm’s center will move up the coast. However, a few models bring the storm’s center as far west as I-75. If that’s the case, we could see quite a bit more rain.
Once the storm does pass through, we’re likely to see some of the first real cool weather of the season, starting with low temperatures around 50 degrees by Sunday. National Weather Service guidance through the next two weeks keeps the cooler than normal temperatures in the forecast - after today, I don’t see it getting above 80 degrees in the medium term.
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