No weather related travel concerns locally today as you can see in the above 2pm map as the storm system to our West continues to organize.

It moves East with its severe weather threat by the end of the afternoon:

Keep in mind NOT ALL computer models are showing severe weather in the Metro area tonight or tomorrow, some show none or just a few isolated cells in scattered coverage. The current ESTIMATED TIMELINE is for it to start Northwest by 10pm or so, with coverage increasing between Midnight tonight and Noon tomorrow give or take a couple hours. The tornado risk looks low but not zero.

The tornado risk looks higher to the West, South and East of Atlanta.

For the Atlanta area the chance of rain is much higher than the chance of big storms.

Stay tuned for updates in case things change which is always possible.

SEVERE WEATHER RISK THURSDAY NIGHT:

SEVERE WEATHER RISK FRIDAY:

ESTIMATED RAINFALL BETWEEN NOW AND 8AM SATURDAY:

SIMULATED RADAR 2AM FRIDAY:

SIMULATED RADAR 8AM FRIDAY:

SIMULATED RADAR NOON FRIDAY:

SIMULATED RADAR 5PM FRIDAY:

SIMULATED RADAR SATURDAY MORNING:

ODDS OF AT LEAST ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION SATURDAY:

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