After a beautiful start to the weekend, Earth Day in East Cobb has been a soggy one, and the start of the week will be wetter still, with high winds to boot.
The National Weather Service in Atlanta has issued a hazardous weather outlook starting Sunday night and continuing into Tuesday.
East Cobb and the metro Atlanta area, as well as much of north Georgia, could get 2-4 inches of rainfall during that period. That also means the possibility of flooding in the usually suspect areas, although for now the NWS has issued a flood watch along the I-85 corridor through Monday afternoon.
A wind advisory will be in effect from 8 p.m. Sunday to 7 a.m. Monday and Cobb is included in this area. East winds between 15-25 mph are expected, with gusts of 34-40 mph possible and even higher in higher elevations.
The chance of thunderstorms Sunday night is highest after 11 p.m. and into the overnight hours of Monday.
Showers and a possible thunderstorm are most likely on Monday before 3 p.m., as the Monday morning as well as afternoon commute figures to be soggy.
Highs on Monday are expected to be in the upper 60s and lows in the mid 50s. There’s a 50 percent chance of rain Monday night.
For Tuesday, the rain will be tapering off to around a 40 percent chance, and thunderstorms possible after 2 p.m. Highs are forecast for the high 60s and lows in the mid 50s.
There’s a reduced chance of rain for most of the rest of the week in the East Cobb area, with partly sunny skies possible on Wednesday. The sun is expected to be out in full force on Friday.
High temperatures all week are expected in the mid 60s to low 70s and lows in the low-to-mid 50s and possibly the high 40s later in the week.
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