Strange on Thursday

We often joke or hear people upset that we here in GA are in some kind of mystical void in the southeast.  It is quite interesting to see unbelievably strong storms stampede through Alabama and fall apart as they hit the Georgia state line.  Sometimes there's a logical explanation for it.  Sometimes there's not a logical explanation, but sometimes things just happen.  These instances tend to show their face more often when in a drought and when looking for rain (especially when the weather guy put out fertilizer on his lawn in the morning and he's just keeping his finger's crossed - don't get me started).  But what happened on Thursday was one of the craziest instances of this phenomenon I've witnessed in 9 years here at FOX 5.  I've attached a picture to show what was going on.  These storms were all aligned along a boundary pushing southeast.  But, throughout most of the afternoon the storms in Alabama pushed right up to the AL/GA line, stopped through GA, and then picked up again on the other side of the GA/SC border.  Nothing in North GA.  I've never seen storms push up to one side of the state line, stop, pick up on the other.  Absolutely bizarre.  I'm sure there must be some sort of meteorological explanation that makes sense.  But, this one still does have us scratching our heads.  And my fertilizer waits.  Oh well.

Peak of Summer?

Looking up average highs and doing some math it looks like the statistical peak heating of summer happens on July 20 and 21.  That's Monday/Tuesday.  We're currently looking at low humidities and much lower than average temperatures through that period.  The trend starts this weekend with highs both days around 84 and lows well below average.  Tonight may actually hit 63 at the airport, which would tie a record low in town.  We're also watching a couple waves in the Atlantic right now.  May not materialize, but I'll blog if worth watching.   Have a good weekend.

Steve Milone / FOX 5 Weather

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