ATLANTA —
Quick Forecast:
Tonight: Partly cloudy and mild. Low: 76°.
Independence Day: Hot and Humid. Partly cloudy with a 20% chance for an isolated shower. High: 95°.
Friday: Hot & Humid. Rain chances up to 50% in the afternoon. High of 94°.
Saturday: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and storms. High: 93°.
Discussion:
An 11Alive Weather Impact Alert is in effect for Thursday afternoon as dangerous heat returns to the forecast. After a brief break, temperatures and humidity are on the rise.
Heat becomes dangerous by Thursday, so keep that in mind for your Fourth of July plans. It will be a muggy and warm run of the AJC Peachtree Road Race as temperatures quickly climb.
A Heat Advisory will be in effect Thursday from 1PM to 7PM for much of our area. Feels like temperatures of up to 109 are possible across the state.
Stay hydrated, wear light clothing, and take brakes if you will be outdoors doing any strenuous activity in the afternoon.
We start mild and muggy in the morning for the AJC Peachtree Road Race. The heat index could climb to the mid to upper 80s in the 9AM hour, and into the 90s after that.
In the afternoon, a stray shower or storm is possible. Many of us stay dry. Highs will be around 95 with the heat index between 100 and 105.
Forecast track shows the limited coverage of shower and storm activity. Although it will be very spotty, locally heavy rain and lightning are possible.
As a front tracks into north Georgia from the north, rain chances become a little more favorable.
We desperately need rain in north GA! Severe Drought has now developed in parts of the metro. Daily pop-up storms are expected each day, but rain stays isolated through Thursday.
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Rain chances are on the rise by Friday. The heat and rising humidity will trigger storm development, mainly in the afternoons each day.
In the tropics, Hurricane Beryl remains a dangerous Category 4 hurricane as it moves across Jamaica. It will impact the Yucatan Peninsula Friday, and then head into the western Gulf or Bay of Campeche.
There is also another tropical wave in the central Atlantic main development region which has a low chance of development in the next few days. None of these tropical systems pose an immediate threat to us in north Georgia.
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