Rainy Week Ahead
It's looking like the entire week will bring a chance of showers to our area, with a chance for severe weather tomorrow afternoon and evening. Some of the storms could contain tornadoes but damaging winds are the more likely scenario. And not only is there a chance of severe weather on Wednesday but again on Friday. The rain is great though since Lake Lanier is below the level it was at last year and south Georgia is still in an extreme drought condition (Drought Monitor). The 5 day rainfall forecast totals from the HPC show the potential for several inches of rain over our area with even more as you go further north. Again, it come down to where you are located when it comes through. The other day, areas south of the metro area received 2-4" while we only recorded 0.02" here at DaculaWeather.com.
Thursday is the start of Meteorological Spring (March 1 - May 31) and it's going to feel like it with temperatures in the 70's through Friday before we fall back to more seasonable conditions on Saturday. Right now there is still a chance of rain on Saturday but it should begin tapering off and clearing as the day goes on, with dry conditions replacing the rain beginning Sunday and lasting through the middle of next week.
We will be monitoring the upcoming potential severe weather events and we'll be the first to keep you informed about how it may effect our area.
I'm currently working on version 4 of DaculaWeather.com with a new look and increased functionality. One of the additions will be more point specific forecast for not only Gwinnett, but all of the southeast. I'm still in the design phase but here's a sample test page showing how you will be able to select the forecast for your specific area... again, this is a test page and not a production page but the forecast you'll see is current and directly from the National Weather Service.
Please remember, whenever you need weather information, please visit us at DaculaWeather.com. You can also get the latest weather information by following us on Twitter and Facebook
DaculaWeather.com... Your Window to the Weather
North Georgia Weather
9:57 am on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
A word of caution regarding the Friday severe weather threat from an Alabama forecast meteorologist this morning:
"I have a feeling that some people may be significantly caught off-guard by the Mississippi-Alabama-Georgia portion of this threat for late Friday afternoon through early Saturday morning..... "
North Georgia Weather
11:00 am on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
From the Atlanta NWS office:
"A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL PUSH THROUGH
THE PEACH STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS FRONT. WITH STRONG 0 TO 1 KM WIND SHEAR VALUES OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...THERE IS AN INCREASED CHANCE OF TORNADOES. WITH VALUES THIS LARGE IT IS POSSIBLE WE MAY HAVE A STRONG TORNADO OR TWO...ESPECIALLY IF THE INSTABILITY IS SUFFICIENT. THE BEST CHANCE OF TORNADOES APPEARS TO BE FROM 5PM TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH INTO THE STATE...THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD EVOLVE INTO MORE OF A LINE. WHEN THIS OCCURS STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST THREAT."
You can read the Area Forecast Discussion here:
http://www.daculaweather.com/afd_new.php
And the hazardous weather outlook here:
http://www.daculaweather.com/hwo_new.php
North Georgia Weather
5:42 pm on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
A line of thunderstorms is draped across east Tennessee, into northwest Alabama and southwest toward central Alabama and MS. This line has already produced Tornado Warnings and is moving into our area later this evening. Please be prepared for potential severe weather later tonight.
PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1100 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG...AND DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
NORTHERN ALABAMA
NORTHERN GEORGIA
North Georgia Weather
7:10 pm on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tornado Watch in the neighboring northern Forsyth and Hall Counties.
North Georgia Weather
7:42 am on Friday, March 2, 2012
PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0309 AM CST FRI MAR 02 2012
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO AND
TENNESSEE VALLEYS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG...LONG-TRACK TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE
OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA
NORTHERN GEORGIA
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN INDIANA
KENTUCKY
EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
SOUTHWEST OHIO
TENNESSEE
WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA
I'm in the process of totally re-designing Daculaweather.com and have been testing with a few new pages. You can get a preview of the new look and also read the Public Severe Weather Outlook here: http://www.daculaweather.com/4_spc_pwo.php
All of the SPC links on the right on this page are using the new page design so take a look! It's still a work in progress so bear with us!
North Georgia Weather
11:26 am on Friday, March 2, 2012
*** A VERY SERIOUS SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS IN PROGRESS ***
PLEASE STAY ALERT FOR BREAKING WEATHER INFORMATION LATER TODAY
A widespread severe weather outbreak is unfolding to our north and west with a PDS (Particularly Dangerous Situation) Tornado Watch already issued for states to our northwest. This severe weather will be moving toward our area later
A Tornado Watch and a Flash Flood Watch has been issued for northwest Georgia and I expect a Tornado Watch to be issued later for our area.
Please have a weather radio/TV station/Internet close by later this evening as this very dangerous weather event approaches our area.
Stay on top of all the alerts by email by signing up here: http://www.daculaweather.com/email_alert.php
as well as all the current watches and warnings here: http://www.daculaweather.com/national_alerts/severe_alert.php