Numerous showers & thunderstorms impact weekend

Georgia’s MACON (41NBC/WMGT) There will be a few scattered thunderstorms on Friday. The area was worked over from Thursday’s activity, so it will take longer for the afternoon convection to start, but there will be enough of instability to form. Again, diurnally induced convection is anticipated because the region is still in southwest flow near the western Atlantic high. Strong to severe isolated thunderstorms with a high potential for downburst winds will also be possible once more. Regarding temperatures, the high for much of the region is expected to be a few degrees lower on Friday than it was on Thursday. Heat index readings for North and Middle Georgia will peak between 95 and 100, so it will remain hot. Due to a number of passing systems to the north and another storm that broke off in the Atlantic into a closed low and is retrograding into the area, the long-term forecast is looking somewhat damp. Once more, it appears that the majority of this rainfall is driven by the time of day, which means that the afternoon and evening hours will have the most likelihood of rain and storms. Even while it’s difficult to identify any possible spots to be concerned about this far in ahead, frequent rounds of daily rainfall may raise some concerns for flash floods, particularly in more populated areas.