Firsthand Weather North Georgia

30/08/2024

Storms have managed to fire over parts of North Georgia, despite the ridge in place. It’s just that it’s so hot that storms have been able to break through some of the capping in place. We saw some isolated activity earlier in the afternoon, and outflow boundaries generated by those storms have induced additional storm development this evening. I expected that most of North Georgia would make it about another day without having too much storm activity, but apparently some of you are lucking out a little sooner with the rain. -Matthew

25/08/2024

North Georgia had its false fall. Now you have to pay for it this week. 😔

Sent out the latest North Georgia Weather Highlights newsletter a few minutes ago. - Matthew

17/08/2024

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01/08/2024

Get ready for some pretty sunsets! -Matthew

A thick plume of Saharan dust will arrive tomorrow after traveling thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean. We can expect hazy skies and reduced air quality across the Tennessee Valley on Friday.

31/07/2024

Sad to report that this evening’s storms killed a young man in Canton, Georgia. -Matthew

30/07/2024

The primary cluster of severe storms are now moving through North Georgia. Share your weather reports in the comments. -Matthew

30/07/2024

A severe thunderstorm watch could be issued for parts of North Georgia this afternoon, mainly due to a straight-line, damaging wind risk. An organized cluster of storms (with individual cells ahead of it), is now moving southeastward across eastern Tennessee. In addition to the wind risk, lots of lightning and a flash flooding potential will pose issues as well. -Matthew

09/07/2024

I set up a new website that includes links to all of our North Georgia newsletters. Future ones will appear here too, for those that don't always get the emails. -Matthew https://north.georgia.firsthandweather.net/

20/06/2024

How's it feeling outside? Lows in the 60s tonight + decently low dew points = great weather for this time of year. -Matthew

16/06/2024

I know we have a dry/hot pattern shaping up this week for North Georgia, but honestly, it won't be that bad. N Georgia's position, relative to the strong ridge over the Northeast and surface high pressure over the western Atlantic, will favor easterly flow across N. Georgia this week. Air coming off of the southeast Atlantic is much milder (except over the Gulf stream) than what it would be coming from the Gulf of Mexico. So we're talking lower humidity, especially from Tuesday onward, with slightly above average temperatures in N. Georgia. If you ask me, that's not too bad. It won't last though, the higher humidity will return the following week, if not a little sooner. -Matthew

15/06/2024

About to send out a newsletter for North Georgia, which includes a forecast discussion for the remainder of June. I'll wait a few minutes to hit send for those who would like to join the list. -Matthew

07/06/2024

A cool front will works it way through N. Georgia tonight. Drier and much less humid air will filter in behind the front throughout the day on Friday, as shown by this Friday afternoon dew point forecast. So, it’ll feel much nicer than it did today.

Humidity levels will recover quite a bit by late weekend/early week, but another front will knock down humidity levels again around the middle of the week. -Matthew

27/05/2024

As of 11am, around 34,000 remain without power in Georgia, most of which are in North Georgia.

Did the storms wake you up this morning? I do see that there were some damaging wind reports in the northern half of North Georgia. -Matthew

26/05/2024

A strong to severe line of storms will drop down into N. Georgia from Tennessee just before/around sunrise in the morning. Some of the model guidance has these storms dissipating before reaching I-20, but they'll probably hold together and remain quite strong. Damaging winds will be the primary severe risk, though isolated tornadoes might be possible too. A bout of moderate to heavy rain and lightning will also accompany these storms, but the storms will move through at a pretty fast clip.

A cold front will push through the forecast area by Monday night. Ahead of the front, the atmosphere may recover by Memorial Day afternoon to support some isolated to scattered storms. Storms shouldn't be as widespread as the morning activity. Just keep an eye on the radar and the latest forecast if you have Memorial Day plans.

By Tuesday and onward, the weather is going to be NICE. Average to even below-average temperatures and lower humidity will arrive behind the front. That nasty ridge over Mexico into the Gulf of Mexico will remain well outside of N Georgia over the coming week, thank goodness. -Matthew

21/05/2024

The strong ridge over Mexico/Texas and Florida will stubbornly remain in place over the next 7+ days. Fortunately for North Georgia, the bulk of the severe heat will remain to the south and southwest, but temperatures will still run 5-10+ degrees above average during the day and at night.

The temperature/humidity will generally trend upward as we approach the weekend. So yes, it could be worse, but for those who strongly dislike the heat (aka 90-degree weather), you probably won't be a fan of this pattern.

Here are the projected high temperatures for today and tomorrow. -Matthew

11/05/2024

G5 conditions have been reached again!! Many of you in North Georgia **may** get to see the Northern Lights again tonight! -Matthew

09/05/2024

PDS tornado warning has been issued for parts of northwest Georgia. Go ahead and get to shelter while you still have time. -Matthew

09/05/2024

A TORNADO EMERGENCY has been issued on a storm in northeast Alabama, which is moving toward northwest Georgia. Significant damage is occurring with this tornado. Please continue to monitor closely in N. GA. -Matthew

09/05/2024

A tornado watch until 4am ET. Tornadoes are likely, with a couple of these potentially being strong (EF-2 or greater). -Matthew

09/05/2024

Likely tornado with this storm in North Georgia, southwest of Dalton. -Matthew

09/05/2024

Confirmed tornado west of La Fayette. -Matthew

09/05/2024

Parts of North Georgia have just been added to a hatched tornado risk for tonight, meaning the risk has increased for tornados at or greater than EF-2 strength. -Matthew

09/05/2024

Please use the comments to share your latest weather reports for North Georgia. -Matthew

09/05/2024

Storms will begin moving into North Georgia soon. The tornado risk will increase into the evening hours. Please have a way to get alerts. -Matthew

02/05/2024

Key highlights from tonight's North Georgia newsletter for early-mid May.

1. An extended period of above-average temperatures
2. Periods of rainy/stormy weather

08/04/2024

Live stream of the Total Solar Eclipse from Mulberry, Arkansas. Courtesy, Meteorologist Chris Nunley, Derek Masingale, Derek Masingale Storm Chaser. Give this video a share and let me me know in the comments where you're watching from. Enjoy!

04/03/2024

Brief Intermission.

16/02/2024

Newsletter sent. Check your spam. If you need to, feel free to reply to tonight's newsletter to increase the odds it'll start going to your regular inbox. -Matthew

16/02/2024

About to send out a newsletter for N. Georgia. The weather will be boring-ish, but there are a couple of things worth discussing. Sign up if you haven't yet. -Matthew