Weather. It happened again (Atlanta, Smyrna: 2014, suite, cars)

[fieldm]

Originally Posted by Newsboy

You are also aware that there's a MOUNTAIN RANGE between Atlanta and Birmingham? The highest point in Alabama (Mount Chehaw) is SOUTH of I-20 in fact, near Annistom.

Yes but we havent discussed if this is a huge factor or not in regards to the storms decreasing in intensity once they cross the GA line, generally speaking.

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by Newsboy

Geez ... you people ... lol ... to read this thread you'd think it never ever rains in the City of Atlanta..

Umm...no. That's not what was said at all. What was put forth is that many of the big storm lines that roll across the south, often stretching from the Gulf up into Kentucky or Illinois, break up considerably once they hit Georgia. Yes, we still get rain and storms. But rarely do we have hours of heavy rain and storms that places west of us see. We generally get patches or very thin lines.

I *love* dark, thunderous, rainy days. However, I honestly cannot remember a day when it just rained hard for more than a few minutes at a time. And overcast misty does not count.

[samiwas1]

Some pictures of storm damage around Moore's Mill, Peachtree Battle, and LaDawn I took today.

[Newsboy]

Originally Posted by samiwas1

Umm...no. That's not what was said at all. What was put forth is that many of the big storm lines that roll across the south, often stretching from the Gulf up into Kentucky or Illinois, break up considerably once they hit Georgia. Yes, we still get rain and storms. But rarely do we have hours of heavy rain and storms that places west of us see. We generally get patches or very thin lines.

I *love* dark, thunderous, rainy days. However, I honestly cannot remember a day when it just rained hard for more than a few minutes at a time. And overcast misty does not count.

I don't even live in Metro Atlanta, but I can remember SEVERAL times during the past 6 months when I was visiting and it poured down rain for days at a time. Last fall particularly. Do none of you remember how much rain Georgia got last fall?!

This thread is just totally bizarre to me. Some of you must have really short memories. Go look up the weather records if you don't believe me.

[Newsboy]

Originally Posted by fieldm

Yes but we havent discussed if this is a huge factor or not in regards to the storms decreasing in intensity once they cross the GA line, generally speaking.

You haven't discussed it .. Which is WHY I pointed it out.

Again, what a bizarre thread.

[krogerDisco]

Originally Posted by samiwas1

I have been noticing this for years. No matter how big a storm is coming across Alabama, and even western Georgia, we always get mere sprinkles, if anything, in NW Atlanta. usually they dissipate before they ever get to the metro, but sometimes, it's when it gets to the city.

Look at the two attached pictures of massive storms coming across Atlanta. Both of these were storms moving east. And on both occasions, we got nary a drop in the Bolton area. It's really bizarre how much storms dissipate.

Angels.

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by Newsboy

I don't even live in Metro Atlanta, but I can remember SEVERAL times during the past 6 months when I was visiting and it poured down rain for days at a time. Last fall particularly. Do none of you remember how much rain Georgia got last fall?!

This thread is just totally bizarre to me. Some of you must have really short memories. Go look up the weather records if you don't believe me.

Rain ≠ storm systems. The OP's and my posts have been about the big storm lines.

Last fall was days of mist and light rain, not big storms.

Originally Posted by krogerDisco

Angels.

And here I was blaming it on gnomes.

[fieldm]

Originally Posted by samiwas1

Umm...no. That's not what was said at all. What was put forth is that many of the big storm lines that roll across the south, often stretching from the Gulf up into Kentucky or Illinois, break up considerably once they hit Georgia. Yes, we still get rain and storms. But rarely do we have hours of heavy rain and storms that places west of us see. We generally get patches or very thin lines.

I *love* dark, thunderous, rainy days. However, I honestly cannot remember a day when it just rained hard for more than a few minutes at a time. And overcast misty does not count.

Thanks for being one of the few people in this thread that have good reading comprehension skills

[toll_booth]

Originally Posted by samiwas1

I have been noticing this for years. No matter how big a storm is coming across Alabama, and even western Georgia, we always get mere sprinkles, if anything, in NW Atlanta. usually they dissipate before they ever get to the metro, but sometimes, it's when it gets to the city.

Look at the two attached pictures of massive storms coming across Atlanta. Both of these were storms moving east. And on both occasions, we got nary a drop in the Bolton area. It's really bizarre how much storms dissipate.

That's still a lot of red.

[stillinthesouth]

These little pop up storms the past couple days have been wicked. Lost power briefly in Smyrna/Vinings area last night during a thunderstorm and then this morning (oddly enough when it was just cloudy out).

Another pop up storm is just north of Smyrna/Vinings right now.

There is a storm system just west of Birmingham right now, and it looks like it's already starting to break up. It will be interesting to see what's left of it when it gets to Atlanta.