Atlanta faces late-week severe weather threat as potent storm brings rain, snow to eastern US

The FOX Forecast Center is monitoring a potent late-week storm that’s anticipated to carry a threat of severe thunderstorms to the South as heavy rain and a few snow unfold up the East Coast.

An space of low strain is predicted to slide out of the Rockies and into the Plains by midweek, then observe into the Midwest, South and East in the course of the latter a part of the workweek.

Confidence is growing {that a} widespread space of rain will develop from the Great Lakes to the Southeast Thursday and Friday. Thunderstorms are probably within the Southeast, the place there can be a threat of severe weather, particularly Thursday afternoon and night throughout elements of Alabama and Georgia.

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Severe weather threat eyes South

An preliminary spherical of remoted sturdy to severe storms is feasible Wednesday night time and into early Thursday morning from elements of East Texas and eastern Oklahoma to the decrease Mississippi Valley and mid-South.

Damaging wind gusts are the first concern, however some hail and a short twister or two are usually not dominated out.

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According to the FOX Forecast Center, Thursday afternoon and night can have the best threat of severe weather as a chilly entrance sweeps eastward throughout the Southeast.

Large parts of Alabama and Georgia, together with the Atlanta metro space, will face the threat of severe thunderstorms packing damaging wind gusts. An remoted twister additionally can’t be dominated out.

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“We already have a level 2 out of 5 threat for the areas shaded in red,” FOX Weather meteorologist Kendall Smith stated. “This does include Atlanta, as well as Birmingham and Montgomery, and then that level 1 threat extends as far as New Orleans, Jackson, Hattiesburg, Knoxville, so some of the exact same locations that have been dealing with severe weather over the past several weeks.”

Rain to soak East Coast late week

This storm system will push east Friday and Saturday, with a widespread space of rain stretching from Maine to Florida.

The rain will probably be heavy at occasions, and a few embedded thunderstorms are potential.

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As chilly air wraps into the again aspect of the storm, the FOX Forecast Center stated there’ll probably be a band of snow that develops someplace within the Northeast. However, it stays unclear how far south the chilly air will prolong, which can be key in figuring out the extent of any winter weather impacts late this week and into the weekend.

“As it moves up into the Northeast, we’re going to see that coastal low develop, and the position of that low is key on funneling in that colder air,” FOX Weather meteorologist Jane Minar defined. “Bringing that colder air closer to that I-95 corridor is going to increase our chances of seeing snow in places like New York City, Boston, even down into Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. If that low-pressure system tracks a little bit closer to the coastline, then unfortunately, more warm air is going to get wrapped in and we’re really just talking a rain event.”

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In common, no less than parts of the inside Northeast ought to see a little bit of accumulating snow from this storm system, in accordance to the FOX Forecast Center.

Be positive to test again with FOX Weather for updates over the approaching days as the forecast particulars come into focus.