Coastal Storm To Continue GA Showers Ahead Of Possible Cold Front

ATLANTA, GA — Showers in Georgia will continue into Thursday afternoon as the Southeast is expected to experience rainfall into Friday, the National Weather Service said.

Residents in parts of north and central Georgia woke up to a wet commute early Thursday, and the NWS predicted the pattern would resume before 1 p.m.

The downpour is due to a coastal storm set to sweep the region, from the Carolinas to the mid-Atlantic states, with accompanied gusty winds. A front traveling over the Upper Ohio/Tennessee Valleys is pushing into the Southeast, the NWS said.

Parts of north Georgia could see at least an inch of rainfall Thursday, the NWS said.

Though there are low chances for hazardous weather for the remainder of the week, the NWS forecast showers could potentially return Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday before a cold front arrives in north and central Georgia.

The East Coast will feel seasonal temperatures that may be a bit below average on Thursday, the NWS said. Georgia was set to have a high temperature of 59 degrees.

As residents may work next week to make their Thanksgiving plans, they could experience seesaw temperatures in Georgia; temperatures could rise and fall between highs in the mid-60s to the lower 70s.

Meanwhile, the neighboring state of Florida may be bracing for another tropical system this hurricane season.

Tropical Depression 19 formed Wednesday in the Caribbean Sea and is likely to strengthen into Tropical Storm Sara in the next 24-48 hours, forecasters said.

It was about 250 miles east of Isla Guanaja, Honduras, moving west at 15 mph with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph, the Weather Channel reported.

With its current track expected to take the storm over Central America before heading into the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters said the storm may not return to hurricane strength before approaching Florida.

Hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton have already inflicted fatalities and catastrophic damage to parts of the Sunshine State this hurricane season, which officially ends Nov. 30. If the storm becomes the fourth hurricane this season to hit Florida, it would break the record of three landfalls in one season from 2004, Accuweather said.

Any potential impact on Georgia, which was tragically targeted by Helene and Debby, was not immediately known.

Patch editor Tiffany Razzano contributed to this report.