ATLANTA — A more widespread period of rain and thunderstorms may come by late Wednesday night or Thursday across north Georgia.
The 11Alive StormTrackers are tracking a cold front that will push into north Georgia Thursday night. Ahead of that, several 'Mesoscale Convective Systems,' or complexes of storms, will push through parts of the southeast. Models show these impacting parts of the north Georgia area.
During the day Wednesday, storms develop north of our area and then move into our area by the evening and overnight. Big picture, there is a Level 4 or 'Moderate' risk of severe weather from southern Missouri down into central Tennessee.
The Storm Prediction Center has highlighted part of our area as a Level 3 threat of severe weather for the Wednesday/Wednesday Night and Thursday/Thursday night time frames.
Stronger storms will be possible. Damaging winds will be the main threat. There is also a lower risk of hail and tornadoes.
Isolated discrete showers and storms may develop by late afternoon and into Wednesday evening but the widespread activity holds off until the overnight.
Here's a big picture of the storms pushing in overnight. The timeline will be after 11 p.m. to the north, and then expect a push south.
Storms will still be around Thursday morning for the commute with heavy rain, lightning and gusty winds.
We may see some afternoon breaks in the rain on Thursday. Another round will move back in Thursday late evening/overnight through early Friday. That round may stay south of I-20 and target more of central Georgia. There is still a possibility that metro Atlanta could get a few storms into the early morning hours on Friday.
Dry weather moves back in for Mother's Day weekend, along with a drop in humidity and temps!