Daytime heating combined with plentiful moisture near a stalled frontal boundary to produce numerous thunderstorms in the afternoon Thursday. More scattered thunderstorms will develop Friday afternoon, perhaps a little less as it appears the best moisture content may shift into north Georgia. High temperatures will reach the upper 80s.
A cold front currently in the midwest will drive south and push through the area this weekend. Rain chances will gradually decrease this weekend as drier air pushes in. Sunday will be the nicest day of the two with highs dropping to near 84 and a refreshing breeze out of the east-northeast.
Tropics:
"Humberto" moved ashore near the Texas/Louisiana coast this morning and has weakened to a depression over Louisiana. The system will cause excessive rainfall in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama Friday before being absorbed by the cold front pushing south.
Tropical Depression Eight remains well east of the Lesser Antilles and will move slowly west-northwest over the next few days. Some slight strengthening into a tropical storm is expected.
