Ida to Bring Rain to North Georgia
I hope you enjoyed the beautiful weather today, with highs eight degrees above normal. In fact, the last week is the first time we’ve gone seven days without any rain since the middle of August. That’s about to change.
The map to the right tells the story. A combination of a cold front, a low pressure system now over Texas, and Hurricane Ida will bring as much as four inches of rain to north Georgia beginning Monday night through Wednesday morning.
Much will depend on Ida’s exact path. While the official forecast from the Hurricane Center takes her path over extreme south Georgia, the GFS and Canadian models are much further north, passing over the Atlanta area. Over the past few forecast updates, the Hurricane Center has brought Ida’s path further north.
The Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for much of North Georgia from Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning. Despite the lack of rain over the last week, the ground is still extremely wet, and any rain over two inches or so could trigger yet more flooding.
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November 9th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
The tropical system that is down in the gulf of the united states and mexico seems to be moving north east
I hope it brings some drizzly sprinkles of water maybe a few passing very light rain droplets.
I hope maybe a few passing very mild rain showers will start to move from the south to the north .
December 15th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Great report as always!
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