After Hurricane Idalia carved a path through southeast Georgia on Wednesday — bringing heavy rain, damaging winds and flooding to parts of the state — the weather in metro Atlanta is turning a corner.
Dry air is wrapping around Idalia, now a tropical storm battering the Carolinas on its way to the Atlantic. As the dry air takes hold, Atlanta should not see much in the way of rain for the next several days, according to Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brian Monahan.
A 20% chance of an overnight shower on the Southside should be the last of the rain chances all the way through the long Labor Day weekend.
It will be much cooler, too. After a start in the 60s for much of the region, Atlanta’s projected high is 87 degrees Thursday. That’s about average for this time of year, Monahan said.
“We’ve got a partly cloudy sky in the forecast for most of the day today,” he said. “Late today, some of these clouds from middle and south Georgia could start to creep in. We’ll see more clouds overnight, and that small chance of a shower for (Friday).”
More than 75,000 Georgia Power customers across the state are still without power in Idalia’s wake, and the majority of those are in southern and coastal Georgia. The company said it is beginning damage assessment Thursday and will focus its restoration efforts on the hardest hit areas.
After several days of rain, topped off by another half-inch recorded Wednesday, metro Atlanta is also turning to cleanup efforts. A tree came down in Sandy Springs on Thursday morning, closing Roswell Road for several hours outside North Springs High School.
Crews removed the tree and reopened the road at 8:30 a.m.
Credit: John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com
Credit: John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com
A mostly clear sky Thursday morning provided prime conditions for viewing the rare blue supermoon, which only occurs once in about eight years. A blue moon happens when there a two full moons in one month. It appears larger and brighter on its closest orbit point around the earth.
Monahan said morning lows in the 60s should stick around through the holiday weekend. After a high of just 83 degrees on Friday, afternoon temperatures will slowly tick up. The projected high Monday for any plans to grill or hang out by the pool is 90 degrees.
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
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